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That moment when your knitting project looks like one of those fancy lollipops they sell at tourist traps: (It’s going to be a baby blanket, I promise). And also that moment when it’s raining outside and your Yarn Along picture … Continue reading
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For Copy Editors Everywhere
I read a fantastic book of short stories this weekend – Thom Jones’ The Pugilist at Rest – and I really want to review it for you, but I don’t quite have the wherewithal for that now. I’ve been copy-editing … Continue reading
A Review of Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Novels Like a Professor (by Bethany)
Even a bookblogger needs a refresher course sometimes. I’ve found Thomas C. Foster’s books How to Read Literature Like a Professor and Twenty-Five Novels That Shaped America enormously helpful in my work as a teacher and as a reader. I … Continue reading
A Review of Paula Lichtarowicz’s The First Book of Calamity Leek
I don’t have a very admirable history with books I do not get. I was the kid who came to school after reading Treasure Island and said, “What do you mean there’s a boat in it?” I was capable of … Continue reading
Yarn Along
Thanks to a well-timed Harry Potter marathon this weekend, my oatmeal sweater is almost done. This is the final sleeve, which needs another inch or two – then I can start piecing it and knitting the neck. It shouldn’t be … Continue reading
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Yarn Along
I haven’t had much time to read lately, but I am enjoying Sarah Vowell’s Lafayette in the Somewhat United States. Sarah Vowell is one of my favorite non-fiction writers, though somehow I’ve never managed to write about her on this … Continue reading
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A Review of James Shapiro’s The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606
I thoroughly enjoyed this intense study of the year 1606 in the life and career of William Shakespeare, though I thought that an equally appropriate subtitle for the book would have been “England in 1606.” I’m not suggesting that Shakespeare … Continue reading
A Review of Margaret Atwood’s The Heart Goes Last
Has this been done before – a dystopian novel in the form of a classic comedy? I’m sure it probably has – in film if not in fiction – but I can’t remember any titles offhand. I was a little … Continue reading
Yarn Along
Here’s a photo of The Winter’s Tale, my winter sweater, and some fading winter sunshine. Playing with light is just a sneaky way of disguising the fact that I am STILL working on the English rib sweater – but hey, … Continue reading
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Postcards From Purgatory 