I first heard this piece in the musical “Phantom” by Maury Yeston and Author Kopit. The song is “My Mother Bore Me” and the lyrics are this poem. The Little Black Boy By William Blake My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white; White as […]
Gunga Din By Rudyard Kipling
I first heard an excerpt of this from M*A*S*H when Pierce quoted this in the OR. Gunga Din By Rudyard Kipling You may talk o’ gin and beer When you’re quartered safe out ’ere, An’ you’re sent to penny-fights an’ Aldershot it; But when it comes to slaughter You will do your work on water, […]
The Charge of the Light Brigade By Alfred, Lord Tennyson
One of the most beautiful poems ever written. It was from Star Trek DS9 that I first heard these words. “How did that poem end?” “You don’t want to know.” The Charge of the Light Brigade By Alfred, Lord Tennyson I Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the […]
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
I can not begin to tell you how much I love this poem. I read it often. I adore it. And decided I would “collect” these little snippets of prose I love so much. It is only fitting that this be my first. I present to you, Edgar Allan Poe’s the Raven. The Raven By […]
Honored Guest Ben Starling
Bio: Ben Starling is passionate about marine conservation and boxing, both central themes in his upcoming novel. He is Oxford’s only ever Quintuple Blue (varsity champion five years running), was Captain of the university boxing team, and coached and boxed competitively. Ben graduated from Oxford University with a Master of Arts and an M Phil. […]
Let’s Talk Romance…
And the wave of groans bombards me. Stop right there. This isn’t what you think it is 🙂 Seven years ago, when I knew I wanted to be a writer, I didn’t know what genre I wanted to write. So I researched it. Nothing gave me more of an eye-opening perspective than Romance. Of all […]
Honored Guest Stanislava D. Kohut
Angela B. Chrysler: I want to take a moment to welcome Stanislava Kohut, author of Barney’s choice, available on Amazon. Thank you so much for speaking with me, Stanislava. Please take a moment to tell us about your book. ABC: How did you come up with the idea for your book? Stanislava D. Kohut: I […]
Honored Guest C.L. Schneider
BIO: C.L. Schneider grew up in a small Kansas town on the Missouri River, in a house of avid readers and overflowing bookshelves. Her first full-length novel was penned at sixteen on a type-writer in her parent’s living room. With her debut novel, The Crown of Stones: Magic-Price, she has fulfilled her lifelong dream of […]
Frankenstein
I am a huge fan of Kenneth Branagh. Not familiar with his work? *smiles* sure you are! Kenneth Branagh is Gilderoy Lockhart in the Harry Potter film! He’s the wizard who stops to smile at a a painting of himself painting a portrait of himself. But that man means so much more to me than […]
Honored Guest Bridget Zinn
Angela B. Chrysler: Upon completing my interview with Samanthe Beck, I visited Sam’s site and stumbled upon the story of Bridget Zinn and her book “Poison.” Bridget died at 33 of colon cancer and was never able to promote her own book. So we’re doing it for her. ABOUT BRIDGET Bridget grew up in Wisconsin. […]