Reading Maile Meloy
I first read Maile Meloy’s work through a short story in an anthology I had purchased during my Master’s program. …
Tag Archives: American Literature
The Grapes of Wrath Is About My People
I have ancestors—my great grandmother, Alabama Gray (she preferred to be called Bonnie), in fact—who traveled from Oklahoma to California …
A Diantha Book by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
I have an amazing colleague named Diantha. She is a Master’s student at my university and a former elementary school …
Redemption and Childhood in The Kite Runner
The theme of redemption is woven throughout Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner (2003), number 37 on the BBC book list. …
How Would You Live If Your Child Were Still Missing?
I decided to read Still Missing (1981) by Beth Gutcheon because of this bookmark. It’s a bookmark from Persephone Books. …
Birth and Land in The Good Earth
“And Wang Lung, hearing this, felt his mouth suddenly dry and parched and his voice came from him in a …
John Steinbeck’s Pastures in Heaven
My Internet has been down for two days. Two days! It seemed like we would die. I could only check …
Homage to Shel Silverstein
During Thanksgiving, we played a game in which one person had the name of a famous person stuck to his …
Remembering and Revisiting Alcott’s Little Women
I first read Little Women in sixth grade. At that time, I fancied myself to be like Jo. I had …
The Ugliest Book Cover Ever
I read Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (1868) as a youth, but wanted a review of it before I posted …
