Posts Tagged: Charlie Brown
Spotlight: “Good Grief” by Janice Shapiro
"Good Grief" is a chapter out of a graphic memoir that tells the story of a life through its author's many crushes. ...more
Sound Takes: A Charlie Brown Christmas
But what distinguishes Guaraldi from his superiors is his respect for the tried and true. If “O Tannenbaum” has worked for a few hundred years, maybe it’s worth kicking around the block a time or two. ...more
Good ol’ Gregor Brown
Kafka’s Metamorphosis just had its centennial anniversary; to celebrate, Lit Hub has brought us a lovely comic by R. Sikoryak, combining beloved Charlie Brown with beloathed Gregor Samsa. The results are fantastic.
...moreSong of the Day: “Grief”
The rapper and elusive lyricist Earl Sweatshirt projects a certain underdog quality. His debut album, Earl, came out in 2010, when he was 16. It garnered him widespread attention, which only multiplied when word spread that his mother had packed him off to a boarding school for “at-risk children” in Samoa.
...moreIt’s War and Peace, Charlie Brown
For the Kenyon Review blog, Meg Shevenock writes about how Charlie Brown made her scared of Tolstoy’s classic and how she worked to overcome her fear.
...moreWord of the Day: Pneumatophony
(n.); the utterance of articulate sounds by a ghost or a spirit
...more“Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere. He’s gotta pick this one. He’s got to. I don’t see how a pumpkin patch can be more sincere than this one.
“Heck yes I’m willing to do this, I love peanut butter!”
Have you been searching for a collection of peanut-butter related news to no avail? Look no further:
There’s a peanut-butter craving thief on the prowl in Ohio, who comes into a gas station most evenings after midnight and “snatches Reese’s peanut butter cups.” Last Tuesday, he upped his game, grabbing his usual sweets and then heading for “a saltier snack, grabbing a bag of chips” on his way out.
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