This Ain't Yo Grandma's Blog

...because she had to type hers on a typewriter.

Ever wonder what it was like to be in Oprah's book club? Consider Virginia Woolf a potential Star Wars character? Heard the rumor that Hemingway is your grandfather? ...this is the place for you! (It's too bad the place that accepts you most is a glowing screen inches from your face.)

This is a virtual collection of all things literary, presented in a low-brow manner. (Example: "Milton's puppy-dog eyes really helped him become a literary legacy," would be considered an in-depth argument.) This is also a response to LaVar Burton's Twitter announcement that he is considering making Reading Rainbow webisodes for adults...somehow.

Dust off your library card (or go get one!) and follow along. Wikipedia (verb form) anything you've never heard of--or assume it is made-up--and enjoy!

Other details/rules:
Roland Barthes was right, the author is dead, including this one.
ee cummings didn't like capitalization
Gertrude Stein thought "the comma is a poor period"
(the two previous rules apply, when applicable)
James Franco does for 20th century poetry, what parsley does for any dish...