About

Welcome to Across the Page, the online home of a wife and mother, book-lover, home educator, and Christian.

I have a B.A. from Asbury College and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Kentucky. As a graduate student, I taught English courses and worked as a consultant in the University Writing Center. I served full-time on the faculty at Asbury before getting married and moving to the Northeast, where I taught as an adjunct at two local colleges before my children were born. I wrote The Unforeseen Self in the Works of Wendell Berry, the first book-length critical study of Wendell Berry’s canon.

I have not taught outside the home since the birth of my children. These days, my teaching experience is confined to home schooling according to the (neo)classical model laid out in The Well-Trained Mind. Blogging has sparked a renaissance for me in both reading and writing. The conversation with the community of readers online has inspired me and renewed my love of reading.

My reviews are listed alphabetically by author on the Book Reviews page. I use Amazon Associate links; if you purchase materials using these links, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I accept a limited number of books and teaching materials for review, but I only post reviews for products I can honestly recommend. You can contact me by email at janetATacrossthepageDOTnet.

Although this site is focused on books, reading changes how we see our lives. Please feel free to share your thoughts and comments here! My purpose is to celebrate the connections between writers and readers that happen across the page — starting with this one. Thanks for stopping by, and please come again soon!