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Friday, April 15, 2011
Guest Blog: On "Freedom"
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My friend Mary wrote me the following comments about the long novel "Freedom," which I struggled with some time ago (see my posts ...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Marriage is a Mystery
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People say that you never really know what someone else’s marriage is truly like, and I agree. Even the marriages of one’s parents (althoug...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
"Must You Go?"
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The noted English historian and mystery novelist Antonia Fraser’s new book, “Must You Go? My Life with Harold Pinter” (Doubleday, 2010), tel...
Monday, April 11, 2011
"Three Stages of Amazement"
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Carol Edgarian’s “Three Stages of Amazement” (Scribner, 2011), intrigued me because it focuses on the financial crash of the past three year...
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Questioning Steinbeck’s "Charley"
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How disillusioning! An editorial in today’s (4/10/11) New York Times reports on Bill Steigerwald’s research showing that much of John Stein...
Saturday, April 9, 2011
"Marry or Burn"
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The eye-catching title of Valerie Trueblood’s collection of short stories, “Marry or Burn” (Counterpoint, 2010), is of course reminiscent of...
Friday, April 8, 2011
Bibliotherapy
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The concept of "bibliotherapy" may ring true for the many of us who would agree that reading -- among its many benefits -- can be ...
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