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Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Studies in Literature (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1920), pp. 96-117. He didn’t say much and only learned to read when he was finishing second grade. In front of a friend of his mother’s, the mother of one of his friends dubbed him ‘the stupid one’. His mother’s friend told his mother and when he was grown up, his mother told him.

Three months before he was born the Romanian dictator and his wife were executed before a firing squad. To this day his mother still talks about it. In this book there is a good variety of short stories that explore several different parts of the LGBTQ+ community. I truly believe that this anthology has something to offer to everyone. John Donne: The Complete English Poems, edited by A. J. Smith (Harmondsworth, U.K.: Penguin, 1971). Letters to Severall Persons of Honour, edited by John Donne, Jr. (London: Printed by J. Flesher for Richard Marriott, 1651); facsimile, introduction by M. Thomas Hester (Delmar, N.Y.: Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1977).A Sermon, Preached To The Kings M tie. At Whitehall, 24. Febr. 1625 (London: Printed for Thomas Jones, 1626). Douglas Bush, English Literature in the Earlier Seventeenth Century, 1600-1660 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1945).

While I did love what this anthology IS, and I wouldn't want to rate it on what it ISN'T, I can't help but feel disappointed that there wasn't any aro and/or ace rep. Since this book is promoted as being super inclusive, I was really hoping to have these identities represented. I thought it was a real shame that this wasn't the case. What I have seen: gay/lesbian, bisexual, transgender/non-binary rep. And that's all really great! But yeah, it could definitely have been more inclusive! Admittedly though, I was happy to see an aro/ace artist contribute to this, so I don't want to come down on it too harshly. I justed wanted to hopefully help manage people's expectations. This enigmatic poem uses the metaphor of an early morning horse-ride to explore numerous shifting notions of identity. Encænia. The Feast of Dedication. Celebrated At Lincolnes Inne, in a Sermon there upon Ascension day, 1623 (London: Printed by Aug. Mat. for Thomas Jones, 1623). I liked this and its writing style a lot but I wish there had been a little more balance between the plot (driving lessons) and the romantic plot line. I do understand why it was structured like this though and maybe it's just a matter of wrong expectations from my part. Anyway, I still loved it and it made me smile so much when I least expected it! Juno grew up in West Yorkshire, writing imaginary episodes of Doctor Who. She later turned her talent to journalism, interviewing luminaries such as Steps and Atomic Kitten before writing a weekly serial in a Brighton newspaper. In 2015, Juno announced her intention to undergo gender transition and live as a woman.

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The publication in 1919 of Donne’s Sermons: Selected Passages, edited by Logan Pearsall Smith, came as a revelation to its readers, not least those who had little taste for sermons. John Bailey, writing in the Quarterly Review(April 1920), found in these extracts “the very genius of oratory ... a masterpiece of English prose.” Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, in Studies in Literature(1920), judged the sermons to include “the most magnificent prose ever uttered from an English pulpit, if not the most magnificent prose ever spoken in our tongue.” By this self-questioning he brings himself to understand that his suffering may itself be a blessing, since he shares the condition of a world in which our ultimate bliss must be won through well-endured hardship. The physical symptoms of his illness become the signs of his salvation: “So, in his purple wrapped receive me Lord, / By these his thorns give me his other crown.” The images that make him one with Christ in his suffering transform those pangs into reassurance.

The Sermons of John Donne, 10 volumes, edited by George R. Potter and Simpson (Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1953-1962). Always be grateful of the love that you have found in your life. Tell your partner of how you love them and be proud of what the two of you have found. Conclusion Edgar Guest (1881-1959) was a prolific American poet – publishing a poem every day in the Detroit Free Press for 30 years. Known as the People’s Poet, Edgar Guest wrote easy-to-read poems about many relatable topics. He wrote encouraging life messages about topics such as family and work. This particular poem encourages readers not to give up when they are faced with challenges. Even when things are not going well, keep pushing on. You never know how close you are to success and making it to the other side. Donne finds some striking images to define this state in which two people remain wholly one while they are separated. Their souls are not divided but expanded by the distance between them, “Like gold to airy thinness beat”; or they move in response to each other as the legs of twin compasses, whose fixed foot keeps the moving foot steadfast in its path: John R. Roberts, John Donne: An Annotated Bibliography of Modern Criticism, 1912-1967 (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1973).

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Anthony Low, Love's Architecture: Devotional Modes in Seventeenth-Century English Poetry (New York: New York University Press, 1978). This inspiring poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, (1807 - 1882) was first published in 1838. It uses an ABAB rhyming pattern. Longfellow explained the poem's purpose as "a transcript of my thoughts and feelings at the time I wrote, and of the conviction therein expressed, that Life is something more than an idle dream." A very famous line from the poem is, "Footprints on the sands of time". Out of the twelve stories my favourites were Penguins by Simon James Green, illustrated by Alice Oseman; The instructor by Jess Vallance, illustated by Kate Alizadeh; The other team by Micheal Lee Richardson, illustrated by David Roberts.

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About the art, it was good. There are a few pieces I liked more, others I liked less and my favourite stories don't have my favourite pieces of art and vice-versa. However, think it's a good complement to the book, turning into a celebration of queer art. Nonetheless, since the book tried to join writing and drawing/painting, it would have made so much sense to have a short comic and that is something I missed (maybe a suggestion for Proud vol. 2?) A few years later, the psychiatrist Merrill Moore was given a copy of the poem, and he distributed 1,000 copies to his patients and soldiers during World War II. The poem thus became one of the great inspirational poetic messages of the twentieth century, particularly in the United States. His place in the Egerton household also brought him into acquaintance with Egerton’s domestic circle. Egerton’s brother-in-law was Sir George More, parliamentary representative for Surrey. More came up to London for an autumn sitting of Parliament in 1601, bringing with him his daughter Ann, then 17. Ann More and Donne may well have met and fallen in love during some earlier visit to the Egerton household; they were clandestinely married in December 1601 in a ceremony arranged with the help of a small group of Donne’s friends. Some months elapsed before Donne dared to break the news to the girl’s father, by letter, provoking a violent response. Donne and his helpful friends were briefly imprisoned, and More set out to get the marriage annulled, demanding that Egerton dismiss his amorous secretary. A clip from the film version of Wit, a play by Margaret Edson. The two lead characters discuss the punctuation of Donne's sonnet.