Lady Lazarus by Sylvia Plath Desktop Wallpaper

As National Poetry Month continues, we have a new desktop wallpaper for you today featuring this week's featured poet, Sylvia Plath and an excerpt from her poem "Lady Lazarus." Click to view full-size, then right-click to save: And here's Plath herself reading the poem "Lady Lazarus."

Decorate Your Desktop with Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus”

As National Poetry Month continues, we have a new desktop wallpaper for you today featuring this week's featured poet, Sylvia Plath and an excerpt from her poem "Lady Lazarus." Click to view full-size, then right-click to save: And here's Plath herself reading the poem "Lady Lazarus."

Lisa Schroeder: Exclusive Q&A Part 2

For our April Book of the Month, author Lisa Schroeder answered a whole bunch of interview questions for us. We're sharing her responses throughout the entire month, and today we've got Part 2 of our interview (see Part 1 here): Speaking specifically to the plot of Far From You ... as an Oregonian, was this... Continue Reading →

Creative Writing Prompt: Titanic Events

Creative Writing Prompt #15 Titanic Events In the wee hours of April 15, 1912, the RMS Titanic sunk in the frigid waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Ironically, April 15 is also tax day. Who decided that one? This shared date leads me to reference that oft-uttered phrase from Daniel Defoe and Benjamin Franklin (I am... Continue Reading →

Creative Writing Prompt: The Plath Voice

To continue our week of posts dedicated to Sylvia Plath, we have a creative writing prompt associated with her specifically. Since what Plath wrote was often considered confessional poetry, write a poem that reveals a deep feeling or belief that you have inside. It need not be completely literal - allusion is very effective in... Continue Reading →

Nat’l Poetry Month: Writing Like a Corpse

It's tax day, but we encourage lying down on the job if that means you're contributing to Novel Novice's Exquisite Corpse collaboration. Get all the details about how you can bring our ongoing Novel Novice poem to life during National Poetry Month! See all of our National Poetry Month goodies

National Poetry Month Goes to Space!

We've been celebrating National Poetry Month all month long here at Novel Novice ... but it seems the celebrations have gone intergalactic. NASA retweeted this haiku from JAXA Astronaut Naoka Yamazaki from space this morning: We are children of the universe, so as the Earth of lapis lazuli and cherry blossoms. Naoko is a mission... Continue Reading →

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