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  American author, editor, and professor who won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature for being an author. Her novels are known for their epic themes, exquisite language and richly detailed African-American characters who are central to their narratives which have been banned by the small-minded. Among her best-known novels are The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon, and Beloved.  Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. In 1996, the National Endowment for the Humanities selected her for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S. federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities. “Building Your Great Collection One Fine Book at a Time” Check us out at BlindHorseBooks.com

  His work was significant for discussing the conflict between the traditional aspects of Jewish thought and culture and modernity to a wider, non-Jewish culture. Many of his novels are set in the urban environments of New York City where he himself grew up. While not Hasidic, Potok was raised in an extremely Orthodox home. His work was significant for discussing the conflict between the traditional aspects of Jewish thought and culture and modernity to a wider, non-Jewish culture. Most famous for his first book The Chosen (1967), which was listed on The New York Times’ best-seller list for 39 weeks and sold more than 3,400,000 copies. Potok cited James Joyce, Thomas Mann, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ernest Hemingway, as his chief literary influences. His work was significant for discussing the conflict between the traditional aspects of Jewish thought and culture and modernity to a wider, non-Jewish culture. “Building Your Great Collection One Fine Book at a Time” Check us out at BlindHor...

  “Some idiotic things are well worth doing.” Richard Ford from Independence Day Independence Day is a 1995 novel by Richard Ford and the sequel to Ford's 1986 novel The Sportswriter. This novel is the second in what is now a four-part series. It was followed by The Lay of the Land (2006) and Let Me Be Frank With You. It focuses in particular on a car trip with his son to the Basketball and Baseball Halls of Fame. It was well-reviewed, with Michiko Kakutani writing in The New York Times that "Mr. Ford has galvanized his reputation as one of his generation's most eloquent voices." Similar in form and common themes to John Updike's Rabbit novels, Independence Day is a pastoral meditation on a man reaching middle age and assessing his place in life and the greater world. Building Great Collections, One Fine Book at a Time Visit us at BlindHorseBooks.com

How up on your Simpsons’ Trivia are you? DID YOU KNOW….?   ….The original Simpsons were created as short “bumpers” for the Tracey Ullman Show Began on April 19, 1987, as a satirical look at American family life. ….If Bart aged normally, he’d now be 34, the age is given to Marge in the first season. ….Over the course of multiple seasons, the brief clips of McBain actually form a coherent mini-movie. The Simpsons longest-running primetime scripted show in television history, exploded into popular culture in 1989 and has remained one of the most groundbreaking and innovative entertainment franchises, recognizable throughout the world. The show has now been on the air for several decades, earning multiple Emmy Awards as well as the title of the longest-running entertainment series. Along the way, generations of comedy writers (among them a young Conan O'Brien) have cut their teeth on the show's distinctive jokes and pop-culture references.  And one more “Fun Fact” ....... Did you ...

Frank Harris (February 14, 1855-1931) was an Irish, novelist, short story writer, journalist and publisher, who was friendly with many well-known figures of his day. Though he attracted much attention during his life for his irascible, aggressive personality, editorship of famous periodicals, and friendship with the talented and famous. Perhaps best summed up by this quote: “Christ goes deeper than I do, but I have a wider experience.” Victorian English society was publicly aghast, but privately bought his books. Published privately by Harris between 1922 and 1927, and by Jack Kahane's Obelisk Press in 1931, the work consisted of four volumes, illustrated with many drawings and photographs of nude women. The book gives a graphic account of Harris's sexual adventures and relates gossip about the sexual activities of celebrities of his day. Contemporary and historic figures discussed frequently in the book include Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Thomas Carlyle, Josep...

TODAY IN LITERARY HISTORY Birthday of Charles Darwin, naturalist and influential theorist of evolution  ---- Born 1809 -----     Darwin published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species, overcoming scientific rejection of earlier concepts of transmutation of species. By the 1870s, the scientific community and much of the general public had accepted evolution as a fact. However, many favored competing explanations and it was not until the emergence of the modern evolutionary synthesis from the 1930s to the 1950s that a broad consensus developed in which natural selection was the basic mechanism of evolution. In modified form, Darwin's scientific discovery is the unifying theory of the life sciences, explaining the diversity of life. BUT DID YOU KNOW.... Darwin was an inquisitive man. Sure he was curious about nature and all that science stuff, but he's also a guy. So when he saw strange animals, he often wondered...

Willems first became interested in cartoon art when he was just a child. When he was 3 or 4 he started to draw and create his own characters. Willems enjoyed writing stories about his characters to share with others. The New York Times Book Review referred to Willems as "the biggest new talent to emerge thus far in the 00's" — and to his pigeon character as "one of this decade's contributions to the pantheon of great picture book characters." Willems after college graduation spent a year traveling around the world drawing a cartoon every day, all of which have been published in the book You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When it Monsoons. Returning to New York, he started his career as a writer and animator for Sesame Street, where he earned six Emmy Awards for writing during his tenure from 1993 to January 2002. Three of Willems' books have been awarded a Caldecott Honor. “Building Your Great Collection One Fine Book at a Time” Check us out at BlindHorseBook...