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Below isAmerican Horror StorystarKathy Batess list.
The original illustrations by Myrtle Sheldon are mesmerizing.
My favorites are, In the Land of Counterpane, The Unseen Playmate, and Bed in Summer.
She sent us lots of books at Christmas.
I loved Eloises pug, Weenie and her turtle, Skipperdee often lost, but always found.
I got an Eloise doll that Christmas, too.
Hilary Knights whimsical illustrations bring to life this unforgettable character.
I learned my brain was the best toy in the whole wide world!
Reading is like Alice falling into a hole, where anything can happen.
If youre lucky it’s possible for you to get lost in the right direction.
The Wind in the Willowsby Kenneth GrahameI adore this book.
In my youth I identified with shy Mole.
Now that Im older, Ive grown more like Mr. Toad.
Rushing around in his car, wreaking havoc.
At Southern Methodist University, Candace Birk directed a wonderful production, and I got to play Mole.
I created a voice that sounded as if his nose was stuffed up from digging his tunnels underground.
The Collected Poems of W. B. YeatsYeats: say no more.
I often love to read these poems aloud to myself late at night.
My favorite is The Second Coming, with its prescient warning to our world today.
Collected Poemsby Edna St. Vincent MillayI love sonnets, with their iambic pentameter.
She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923, only the third woman to do so.
All her life she was an activist for womens rights.
A Streetcar Named Desireby Tennessee WilliamsBlanche Dubois says, I dont want realism, I want magic.
Yes, Yes magic!
For me, that is the essence of Tennessees voice.
We all long for magic, to leave our human shells for respite.
Thats why I became an actor.
But my favorite quote in all of literature is, Sometimes theres God so quickly.
To Kill a Mockingbirdby Harper LeeThe most magnificent book Ive ever read.
Ive read it countless times.
I once read it aloud to myself cover to cover.
Sadly, those hateful times are still with us.
This book, more than any other on my list, should be read by every American.
Another kind of bardo is taking place at the White House on the night before Willie dies.
Historical diaries and letters written by those who attended the grand ball illustrate the struggle in Lincolns soul.
His role is to be president, but he longs to be with his beloved son.
When my 83-year-old father was facing a leg amputation due to diabetes, he attempted suicide.
Naively, I tried to encourage him to hang on to life.
He replied, You know how I feel.
Youre doing that play.
She wanted to stay home with her babies and her husband on their pig and tobacco farm in Kentucky.
In 1984 she was killed in an automobile wreck.
