So awhile ago on Twitter, I linked to an article that satisfyingly applied charts and graphs to my pet peeve of book titling, "The ___'s Daughter." (To be fair, my expressed peeve was with "The ___'s Wife," but you can see the connection.) The article at The Millions also called out the title construction "The… Continue reading A game for book snobs
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Scenes of Unsolicited Literary Criticism
This post was original published on Peachleaves blog. Last fall My GP is usually an in-and-out kind of guy, which I appreciate; no need to hang around getting to know one another once I get what I came for. But while I was undergoing the first round of thyroid tests, I guess he realized we’d… Continue reading Scenes of Unsolicited Literary Criticism
Intellect Does Not Exclude Empathy
This post was originally published on Peachleaves. One of my jobs is to read papers written by senior English majors for their capstone seminars, and apply to them a rigorous rubric intended to judge how well (or if) these seniors have received the kind of training our department would like to give them. The papers are… Continue reading Intellect Does Not Exclude Empathy
Why I Don’t Participate in Book Surveys on Facebook
This post was first published on Peachleaves. They leave a lot of books out. When I see one of these, I don't ask myself how many books on the list I've read. I do ask: who put this list together? Why? How did they choose book for this list? What is having read them supposed… Continue reading Why I Don’t Participate in Book Surveys on Facebook
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