Tuesday, February 23, 2010

A fun idea....(maybe).....1962

Darnelle sent me this cool e-mail where you click through to find out the history for the year you were born. Included in the information: Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, Nobel Prize, bestsellers, etc. I thought I would share the ones from the year I was born, 1962:

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: The Edge of Sadness, Edwin O'Connor
Nobel Prize for Literature: John Steinbeck

Books of Note:
Another Country, James Baldwin
Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
In the Clearing, Robert Frost
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Gunter Grass
The Colossus and Other Poems, Sylvia Plath
All My Pretty Ones, Anne Sexton

http://www.infoplease.com/year/1962.html

Not a happy year, 1962. I think the books truly reflect the turmoil of the time. If you want to see your books--click through and change the year OR let me know the year you were born and I will post for you. The next challenge? Actually reading the books!

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