Tag Archives: reading

“Weird Literature,” Third Graders, and Me-Now

Posted on July 23, 2022 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

Here’s a little story. When I was in third grade, we moved from Hawaii, where my father was stationed at Pearl Harbor, to Williamsburg, Virginia, in the middle of the academic year. I was put in Ms. Riddick’s class. Already … Continue reading →

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It’s Been a Hot Minute, Hasn’t It?

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

Hello, Blogosphere! So, I just logged in to this space for the first time in . . . a while. Reading through my last post, written in July of last year, I find it truly resonates with me, and I … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Been Reading: December

Posted on January 4, 2020 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

I’m not sure where December went, but I blinked and it was January! I only managed two books through the month of December–but they were really good books. 🙂 I did read a lot of articles and individual poems through … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Been Reading: October

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

Although this month was primarily dedicated to finishing up three big writing projects and catching up in grading, I managed to squeeze in a little reading just for myself here and there in October: How about you? What are you … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Been Reading: August

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

My August reading stack was short but sweet–a little poetry, a little fantasy, a little psychology. What did you read in the “dog days of summer?”  

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What I’ve Been Reading: July

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

Here’s my July stack of books read. This was a fun and wide-ranging month of reading!

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What I’ve Been Reading: June

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

With the academic year behind me, and not yet teaching my summer course, June was a great month for me as a reader. Here are my June completed readings (The little white paperback above Decolonizing Academia is Brian W. Foster, … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Been Reading: May

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

Here’s the little stack of books I made it through in May (not pictured: Volume 4 of the Middle English Sermons Compendium.) What have you been reading lately?

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What I’ve Been Reading: February

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

Here’s the stack of books I made it through in February. What have you been reading? Comments below!

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January 2019 Reading Recap

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

I thought I’d take a page from a friend of mine on Facebook and post pictures of the books I read each month in 2019, partially to keep me accountable for reading things and partially because it might be interesting … Continue reading →

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