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Black Within and Red Without
Hardcover
Published January 1, 1953
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About the author
Lillian Morrison
26 books7 followersLillian Morrison's interest in poetry resulting from playing rhyming games with her friends such as jump rope and patty cake. As an adult, she wanted to make poetry fun and accessible for children. In her quest to become a writer, she earned one of her bachelor's degrees at Rutgers University in New Jersey and then another at Columbia University in New York.
She worked for many years at the New York Public Library in young adult services and was recognized as the recipient of the American Library Association's Grolier Award in 1987 for her contributions to stimulating the interests of young people through reading. She was particularly interested in folk rhymes, outdoor sports, dance, jazz and film, saying, "I love rhythms, the body movement implicit in poetry, explicit in sports--I am drawn to athletes, dancers, drummers, jazz musicians, who transcend misery and frustration and symbolize for us something joyous, ordered, and possible in life."
She spent nearly fifty years working at the New York Public Library and, during this time, also served as a lecturer at the schools where she developed her education, Rutgers and Columbia Universities.
She worked for many years at the New York Public Library in young adult services and was recognized as the recipient of the American Library Association's Grolier Award in 1987 for her contributions to stimulating the interests of young people through reading. She was particularly interested in folk rhymes, outdoor sports, dance, jazz and film, saying, "I love rhythms, the body movement implicit in poetry, explicit in sports--I am drawn to athletes, dancers, drummers, jazz musicians, who transcend misery and frustration and symbolize for us something joyous, ordered, and possible in life."
She spent nearly fifty years working at the New York Public Library and, during this time, also served as a lecturer at the schools where she developed her education, Rutgers and Columbia Universities.
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December 23, 2023
Riddle my riddle rocket,
You can’t hit it
And I can’t knock it.
This is a folklorist’s research document on the oral tradition of traditional riddles. This is broken into several subsections based on the topics of the riddles. I was delighted that there was a whole section devoted to egg riddles. The foreword and bibliography show great care was taken in the assembly of this book. I’ve had my mother’s copy of this book on my shelf for ages, and it jumped off at me as something I should fully consume. It’s an old library discard that is falling to rags, but I would love to see this preserved as a historical artifact. I reviewed the 1953 copyright renewals and couldn’t find this book, so I may scan and upload it to the usual digital preservation sources.
You can’t hit it
And I can’t knock it.
This is a folklorist’s research document on the oral tradition of traditional riddles. This is broken into several subsections based on the topics of the riddles. I was delighted that there was a whole section devoted to egg riddles. The foreword and bibliography show great care was taken in the assembly of this book. I’ve had my mother’s copy of this book on my shelf for ages, and it jumped off at me as something I should fully consume. It’s an old library discard that is falling to rags, but I would love to see this preserved as a historical artifact. I reviewed the 1953 copyright renewals and couldn’t find this book, so I may scan and upload it to the usual digital preservation sources.
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