The Wake Up Call –
19 December 2012
Like the smell of strong coffee wafting down the hall, we offer a few book-related thoughts and stories to jumpstart your day…
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Start your day by savoring Three lovely Advent poems by Madeleine L’Engle…
“Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.” – Carter Woodson, African-American Historian, born on this day in 1875
*** Books by Carter Woodson
“If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.” – Novelist Emily Bronte, who died on this day in 1848
*** Books by Emily Bronte
Book News:
- LA Review of Books: A Review of the new book WHY LOVE HURTS
- Image Journal: Three Poems for Advent by Scott Cairns
- Music Critic Extraordinaire Andy Whitman reviews Sufjan Stevens’ new Christmas Box Set
Thanks be to God for this new day, may it be full of beauty and grace!
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