Lorna Dee Cervantes Event

We have confirmation for the Lorna Dee Cervantes reading! Here is the event information:

What: Lorna Dee Cervantes reading from Ciento: 100 100-Word Love Poems
When: Wednesday, October 26th from 6:30 PM to 8 PM
Where: Lone Mountain 100

So please trek up LoMo next Wednesday to see this amazing poet read from her new book. She really deserves a turnout, so invite your friends! Mention it in your classes! STD is officially presenting the event, so let's make it a great one.

Here's the Facebook page for the event--
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=234852169902573
 
Thanks,

Katie

Book lists are everywhere!

I'll admit, I spend most of my procrastination time on stumbleupon.com. Since our first STD meeting, I've become aware that many of the things I stumble upon have to do with literature. In particular, images of "book nooks" frequently come up, lists of books I should be reading or should have already read, databases of free books, short stories, and other texts online, websites to find the next book you should read based on your favorites, audiobook websites, images of extraordinary libraries, and more.

Here are some links of interesting things related to literature, books, English, etc.

Books everyone should read before age 30

Home Library Design Ideas

Book-trading Site

Meet Your Next Favorite Book

The Staff Recommends

Free books, recommendations, and more

Enjoy!

Some Litquake Events

Nicole mentioned Litquake, and there are a couple of events you guys might be interested in.

The first is tomorrow (Wednesday). It's the first annual Poetry World Series:
http://www.sfstation.com/the-first-annual-poetry-world-series-e1373812

Also, check out the Quiet Lightning events at the Conservatory of Flowers:
http://conservatoryofflowers.org/events/specialevents

Litquake

Litquake is San Francisco's Annual Literary Festival. It starts on October 7th and lasts until October 15th and features tons of activities, authors, events, etc. Check out the link below if you're interested.

http://www.litquake.org/

 Litquake also sponsors Kidquake, which is hosting an event at USF this year. Kidquake at USF: Monsters in the Bookshelf will be held in Gleeson Library on October 15th, starting at 10:00 AM. Here's the link, http://www.litquake.org/calendar-of-events/event/kidquake-at-usf-monsters-in-the-bookshelf


Another aspect of this event is LitCrawl, which is happening on Saturday, October 15th. It will feature 450 readers and 79 readings in one night. http://litcrawl.org/sf/ If you want more information, this link will take you to the LitCrawl site, which has a list of times, places, and authors that will be reading this year.

Book Lists

I'm always fascinated when I stumble upon lists of books that I should be reading, or should have already read. I recently found this book list.

http://www.accreditedonlinecolleges.com/blog/2009/100-books-every-high-school-student-should-read/

I'm not sure about you guys, but I'd be impressed if a high school student had enough time to complete every book on this list. I know I haven't even read a lot of these books. But I thought it'd be interesting if you guys knew any good book lists you've come across over the years that you could post to the blog.

Or, we could assemble a book list of our own. Just some suggestions, but I definitely want this blog to become more exciting for all of our STD members.

If you guys have any other suggestions of things you'd like me to post, lists you'd like to see added to our blog, etc. feel free to let me know! 

STD: It's back

Hey fellow STD members,

Just wanted to remind you all about submitting papers for the STD Conferences. You can go to http://www.english.org/sigmatd/conv/papers.html to look at the guidelines for the National Conference being held in New Orleans this Spring.

We will also be having a meeting on October 24th from 2 PM to 4 PM, which will be a workshop on submissions for the National Conference. Don't forget to upload your papers a few days in advance, or attach them in an email, so everyone can get the chance to read them before the workshop!

Also, don't forget to promote STD in your English classes this week!