Tag Archives: Bookish

Bookish Directions

Posted on June 27, 2018 by evamccollaum

In two days we’ll be ready for one heck of an event.  The Bookish Affair will begin on the NMMI Campus at 2:00 pm in Mabee Hall, and I have come to realize that most people have not visited the … Continue reading →

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It’s Finally Here!

Posted on June 26, 2018 by evamccollaum

Yes, the hottest week of the year is finally here–the week when just stepping outside is equivalent to stepping into a tandoori oven, and the JOY Writers are once again sponsoring A Bookish Affair.  Hold on to your backsides, folks. … Continue reading →

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Well, It’s Over!

Posted on June 24, 2017 by evamccollaum

The Bookish Affair 2017 just wrapped, and before the Crazy Squirrel and Kahlua kick in, I must blog about a book our outstanding keynote speaker Robert Wilder mentioned.  You guessed it–The Great Gatsby. I’m planning to do two different entries … Continue reading →

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Master Class

Posted on June 22, 2017 by evamccollaum

Perhaps you suspect you are about to read about F. Scott Fitzgerald.  Good guess, but no.  I will write about that incomparable work soon, but here I am going to write about a book I fell in love with when … Continue reading →

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The Mystery

Posted on June 21, 2017 by evamccollaum

On Friday, 23 June, I am going to be giving a special presentation on E.M. Forster’s lovely little novel A Room with a View and the Merchant/Ivory film of the same title.  I can hardly wait.  So…before I do the … Continue reading →

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Mockingbird

Posted on June 15, 2017 by evamccollaum

For the second year in a row, a pair of mockingbirds have made their nest in the grapevine outside my washroom window.  I know.  I know.  You’re jealous.  But, before you really start to eat your heart out I need … Continue reading →

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You’ll See, Finally!

Posted on June 12, 2017 by evamccollaum

I have been promising to post a video essay about Roswell for a few days now, and here it comes.  It’s actually a scavenger hunt.  It involves fifteen public and easy to find locations here in Roswell.  It has only … Continue reading →

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By the Eye

Posted on June 8, 2017 by evamccollaum

In anticipation of A Bookish Affair, I’ve been planning a photographic essay about good old Roswell, America.  By photographic essay, I mean I have set of images that I’m going to try and get of this town that show it … Continue reading →

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Hard Advice

Posted on June 4, 2017 by evamccollaum

Just about anyone who has ever wanted to write has sought advice from an expert of one sort or another.  I certainly have.  I have been chasing this particular dragon since I was a kid, beginning the year I turned … Continue reading →

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Bookish

Posted on June 2, 2017 by evamccollaum

A couple of years ago, I came up with an idea to put on a community party, of sorts.  I had been running a small publishing house of my own with only limited success, and I began to form a … Continue reading →

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