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Tales of olde: 1478 Chaucer classic is jewel at St. Vincent rare book room
Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 12—The well-worn pages inside the marbled cover of a first-edition "Canterbury Tales" book is carefully stored in a special slipcover at Saint Vincent College in Unity. The book is dated ...
‘The Wife of Willesden’ Off Broadway Review: Zadie Smith Updates Chaucer and Makes It Twerk
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 1 year agoZadie Smith, the acclaimed British novelist whose works like “White Teeth” have explored the...
These are the books Memphis-area high school students are reading. Educators explain why
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Commercial Appeal spoke to local school leaders and asked what books high schoolers were reading...
The Historical Reason We Call Pig Meat 'Pork'
Tasting Table via Yahoo News· 4 months agochef cutting pork - Image Source/Getty Images If you've ever wondered why we call pig meat "pork" instead of, well, "pig meat," there's a historical...
The Canterbury Tales (1972) Streaming: Watch & Stream Online via Amazon Prime Video
COMINGSOON.net via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Canterbury Tales (1972) is a bold and artistic film adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer’s collection...
America Has a Love Affair With Exclamation Points!
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCredit - Javier Zayas—Getty Images Crazy! Lol!! Super!!! In a nation of ecstasists that uses expressions like great to describe everything from a cup of...
Page-to-Screen: 'Three Thousand Years of Longing' Byatt minus the feminism (and genie sex)
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOnce upon a time, in 1994, disillusionment was de rigueur. It was the year of “The Ice Storm” and “Prozac Nation,” during the reign of Bret Easton Ellis. In this time lived a collector of legends ...
The ‘real’ St. Valentine was no patron of love
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoValentine’s Day originated as a feast to celebrate the decapitation of a third-century Christian martyr, or perhaps two. It took a gruesome path to...
New Curriculum Sparks Texas-Sized Controversy Over Christianity in the Classroom
The 74 via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe day before he unveiled a massive new elementary school reading program laden with Bible stories,...
How the Royal Family Came Together amid Tensions to Honor Queen Elizabeth: 'Everyone Was Hurting'
People via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWith watery eyes, King Charles III faced Prince William and Prince Harry across the stone aisle of...