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Revisiting Old Friends
I’ve been immersed in Elizabeth Goudge for months now, and I wanted to pause and reflect a bit… First, why have I been reading (and rereading) her books? And second, what attracts and…
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Letter to the American Church
Eric Metaxas’s Letter to the American Church is the first book I’ve read by this author, but his biography of Bonhoeffer is familiar to me, along with his reputation as a thorough researcher…
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The First Men in the Moon
I read H.G. Wells’s First Men in the Moon while creating a course on C.S. Lewis’s Out of the Silent Planet, the first book in Lewis’s Ransom trilogy. Lewis was a fan of…
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Is grading writing even possible?
I recently had a conversation with someone who didn’t know I was an English teacher. More accurately, I overheard a conversation in which one person said she liked writing, and the other person…
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Caught Up In a Story
I started Sarah Clarkson’s Caught Up In a Story in 2018, but I ended up setting it aside. Picking it up again recently, I found the time was right. The book reminded me…
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The Right Question
“I feel especially in the West, there is a lot more of like, ‘Oh, my God, what will happen because of this A.I.?’” Mr. Nadella said. “And it’s better to sort of really…
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Kids prefer paper books. Can educators and tech companies allow it?
As a homeschooler, I placed a premium on creative, active pursuits rather than screens. It wasn’t difficult to leave the television off, to wait till they were older to introduce the computer, or…
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Leaf by Niggle
I struggle to find the time to write about my reading these days. I’ve been rereading, as always (Safely Home, Love Thy Body), and reading (The Mabinogian, Le Morte d’Arthur, The Inklings and…
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Book Report: Better late than never
I’ve let a number of reads slip through my fingers without recording my impressions here. The one who suffers from that? Me. I often revisit book posts here to refresh my memory of…