Book Reviews & The Written Word
Without the Written Word, books wouldn't even exist.
From the category archives:
Since JATGP became standard reading fare in the early ’60s, there have been plenty of illustrations and covers and art students attempt to capture the essence of James and his over-sized fruit to choose from. Three, though, stand out as the most iconic of Dahl’s vision. Little known fact: Roald Dahl’s James and Giant Peach [...]
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Daily Lesson comes from the annals of my 1913 copy of A First Book of Composition by Briggs and McKinney – a sort of beginners guide to the “collection and organization of material for expression in long themes and by a study of the more essential rhetorical principles.” Today we learn about slang and a [...]
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Cast Your Vote Should the Cather in the Rye follow-up be banned?customer surveys The so-called sequel to Catcher in the Rye has been banned for publication in the US and Canada for the near future, announces its author, Swedish writer Fredrick Colting. The primary injunction indefinitely banning the books publication was issued by Judge Deborah [...]
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After a bountiful holiday full of books (and more books!) I declare it is time to buckle down and start reading. Don’t stop! Career, family, health be damned – there are just too many books to be read and books reviews to write. As the days to 2011 dwindle, it’s time to revitalize any healthy [...]
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