Sara B. 🦊

PhD • English and Literature Instructor • Steinbeck Scholar • Book Lover • Team Stark

[Sara B. 🦊 @SaraDBVerde]

An Integral Part of the Story: A Short History of Short Fiction by American Women https://t.co/MfydIhfs05 via @lithub

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Is Robert Frost Even a Good Poet? https://t.co/IPt34km6eg

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The Best Villains in Literature Bracket: And The Winner Is: https://t.co/iP7CRhPtX5 via @lithub

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

People are always asking “what are some books that capture the feeling I get when I read The Lord of the Rings” so I made a list:

[Mythopoeic Society @mythsoc]

Registration is now open for this summer's #OMS4 online seminar, celebrating 10 years of Mythpress's Perilous and Fair! Join us for a weekend of discussion centering Tolkien's women & gender. The CFP is also still open if you'd like to present! More info: https://t.co/yw9wTy90qd

[Sara B. 🦊 @SaraDBVerde]

A small stack of cards to drop in the mail tomorrow. These cards are going to Michigan, Virginia, Indiana, Spain 🇪🇸, and the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 https://t.co/oU6Nh9MrJM

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Nine #postcards going out today for #postcrossing and #scfp. Hope everyone enjoys the cards they receive. These cards are going to Austria 🇦🇹, Germany 🇩🇪, Iceland 🇮🇸, China 🇨🇳, and United States 🇺🇸. https://t.co/uiGtyHxRwh

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Four fun#postcrossing #postcards going out today to Iowa 🇺🇸, Illinois 🇺🇸, Georgia 🇺🇸, and Finland 🇫🇮. https://t.co/fDU5OBwRHM

[Sara B. 🦊 @SaraDBVerde]

Received these two lovely #postcrossing #postcards today. One is from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 and the other is from Virginia 🇺🇸. https://t.co/Xf4CkUvqHg

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Two #postcrossing #postcards going out today to Germany 🇩🇪 and the Czech Republic 🇨🇿! https://t.co/4qjnEMVscl

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After an unintended one year hiatus from twitter, I’m back! Happy #FirstDayOfSpring 2022! 🌷

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🌷Happy #FirstDayOfSpring 🌷

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🌷Happy #FirstDayOfSpring 🌷

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@MicahDeanHicks Micah, congrats! She’s beautiful!

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@thephdstory

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48% done with Clockwork Prince, by Cassandra Clare https://t.co/1BAEn3kVSz

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50% done with Clockwork Angel, by Cassandra Clare https://t.co/PBSbL6B9jD

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25% done with Clockwork Angel, by Cassandra Clare https://t.co/WIsBEPZvqU

[The Steinbeck Center @SteinbeckCenter]

Pigasus, the flying pig, was used by Steinbeck throughout his life as a symbol of himself, "earthbound but aspiring." The symbol on the top right corner is a print of the stamp Steinbeck used while the Pigasus below his signature is Steinbeck's hand drawing of the symbol.

[The Steinbeck Center @SteinbeckCenter]

On Dec. 4, 1966, President Johnson and Steinbeck conversed before Steinbeck's departure to Vietnam as a Newsday correspondent. Johnson asked about Steinbeck's son John IV, pictured here, and urged Steinbeck to be careful. Listen to the conversation here: https://t.co/t6v9TC4fEx

[The Thoreau Society @ThoreauSociety]

"I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite - only a sense of existence."

-Henry Thoreau, from a letter to H.G.O. Blake; December, 1856.