“Vacationland”: A Poor Use of Yours
There are many things to like in this book, but you can easily another beach read that is just as enjoyable and a lot more realistic. Don’t waste your precious vacation time.
21st-Century
Jonathan Franzen’s Crossroads: Remember church youth group?
Jonathan Franzen’s Crossroads novel is also possibly the greatest name for a church youth groups I’ve ever heard. This is a subculture this man knows about. How many of us were a part of one, at least briefly? I remember it as being just as weird as author Franzen describes it, for just as many …
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Two Poems about Childhood from Poet Rita Dove
Nightwatch. The Son. (Aggressively adult, they keep their lives, to which I am a witness. At the other end I orbit, pinpricked light. I watch. I float and grieve.) Singsong When I was young, the moon spoke in riddles and the stars rhymed. I was a new toy waiting for my owner to pick me …
August Spotlight on Poet Rita Dove
Poet Rita Dove was born in Akron, Ohio 28 August 1952 About Rita Dove I was interested in reading poetry by Rita Dove because she has been a professor at The University of Virginia, where I got my graduate degrees, for many years. She has also been a Virginia Poet Laureate. I’ve always thought she …
“All Girls” by Emily Layden: The Blessings and the Risks of Insular Organizations
Ever imagine what boarding school might be like?
When Suburbia meets the Gothic and Postmodernism in Ann Patchett’s “The Dutch House”
The two different styles that converge in The Dutch House to make some awesome reading.
Loved “The Dutch House”? Try these.
Great books about families and siblings for lovers of The Dutch House along with books that will better help you understand it!
Megan Phelps-Roper’s “Unfollow”: What Happens When You Raise a Kid on a Mix of Westboro Baptist Church and Social Media
What is it like to grow up inside a hate group?
