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Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's poem is from W. B. Yeats. Yeats is known as one of the most famous Irish poets of the twentieth century. Despite spending…
Richmond Read-along 43
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a short story by Andre Norton, prolific author of hundreds of novels and stories spanning a variety of genres. Born…
Richmond Read-along 42
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we're reading a poem by Aphra Behn. Behn was the first English woman to earn her living by writing. This has made her…
Richmond Read-along 41
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's story is by Algernon Blackwood. Blackwood was a journalist and author who wrote copious short stories - reportedly even he didn't know how…
Richmond Read-along 40
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a poem by Khalil Gibran. Gibran was a poet, author and artist; while his art fell out of favour due…
James Thomson (1700-1748) – [Local History Notes: 17]
The poet of The Seasons was born in Ednam in Roxburghshire, Scotland, the son of Thomas Thomson, a preacher. Shortly after his birth the family moved to Southdean where James…
Richmond Read-along 39
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we're reading a short story from Jack London. London was a prolific writer around the turn of the century, best known for "The…
Richmond Read-along 38
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's poem is from Amy Lowell, an American poet, author, critic and dedicated advocate of poetry. Lowell's poetry wasn't published until she was in…
Richmond Read-along 37
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we're reading extracts from Sei Shōnagon's "Pillow Book." Shōnagon was a gentlewoman living at court in the Heian period of Japan. She kept…
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Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a poem by Elizabeth (Lizzie) Siddall. Known as a model for the Pre-Raphaelites, most notably for "Ophelia," and the wife…