Behind the Bookcase, Part 13: The Art and Imagination Of Man
This is the final installment of a series that began with Behind the Bookcase, Part 1: In Search of A Hiding Place. I had heard …
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Behind the Bookcase, Week 12: The Guide by R. K. Narayan
After all these years, I still believe with Lauren Myracle that the development of empathy is one of literature’s crowning achievements. I believe with …
Behind the Bookcase, Week 11: Jack Kerouac’s Dharma Bums
“All the lonely people, where do they all come from? All the lonely people, where do they all belong?” The Beatles, Eleanor Rigby Last week, …
Behind the Bookcase, Week 10: A Clockwork Orange
Then I looked at its top sheet, and there was the name—A CLOCKWORK ORANGE—and I said: ‘That’s a fair gloopy title. Who ever heard of …
Behind the Bookcase, Week 9: Gender and Nature
“I don’t like our room a bit. I wanted one downstairs that opened on the piazza and had roses all over the window, and such …
Behind the Bookcase, Week 8: A Death in the Family
Most YA readers in America stop right here. From junior high and high school literature, they gain a few basic sentiments–sentiments which may or not …
Behind the Bookcase, Part 7: The Scarlet Letter
“On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth, surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold thread, appeared the letter A.” …
Behind the Bookcase, Part 6: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“She had become accustomed to being lonely. She was used to walking alone and to being considered ‘different.’ She did not suffer too much.” Betty …