Read Mitch Albom’s New Book Free, One Chapter A Week
The author of Tuesdays With Morrie, Mitch Albom, is writing a new novel, Human Touch, and releasing one chapter a week for free online. The idea is to raise money for coronavirus relief so you’ll find a donate button at the bottom of the page. You can head on over and read the first two chapters now.
SDCC Cancelled For First Time
San Diego Comic-Con, the convention that gathers comic book and multi-genre entertainment fans together, has cancelled for the first time in fifty years. This year’s event would have been held July 23 to July 26. “’Extraordinary times require extraordinary measures and while we are saddened to take this action, we know it is the right decision,’ said SDCC spokesperson David Glazner in a statement.” They’ll be back July 22–25 in 2021.
Share You Poem
Children’s author and poet, Kwame Alexander, has a lovely and interesting project with NPR’s Morning Edition you can join: Write a poem about COVID-19 that starts with the line “what I’m learning about grief,” and he will take lines from the poems and create a community-style poem for everyone. You can upload your poem here and read Nancy Cross Dunham’s poem.