Review: Middlesex

Middlesex By Jeffrey Eugenides Picador 2002 544pp The Short of It: Middlesex is smartly written, richly layered and brilliant. The Rest of It: I raise one fist (male typically) and begin to beat on the walls of my eggshell until it cracks. Then, slippery as yolk, I dive headfirst into the world” (211). Middlesex by Jeffrey [...]

Review: Atonement

Atonement By Ian McEwan Knopf Doubleday February 2003 368pp The Short of It: Atonement is a multifaceted little gem of a book. The Rest of It: During the summer of 1935, Briony witnesses an encounter between her older sister Cecilia and a boy named Robbie Turner. Briony’s interpretation of the event and those thereafter, lead [...]

Review: Proof (A Play)

Proof: A Play By David Auburn Faber and Faver March 2001 96pp The Short of It: A past-paced, gripping play about young woman struggling with the recent loss of her father, the arrival of her uptight sister, and her own self-doubt over whether or not she’s sane. The Rest of It: Proof, a play by [...]

For the Love of Words: Part One

A few of you have sent emails asking about my literature class. I am two weeks into class and loving every minute of it. At first, I was hesitant to enjoy it because there is a lot of group participation required. I’m not shy but the assembling of groups makes me shudder. I consider myself [...]

Putting on My Thinking Hat

One of the benefits to working for a university is that we get to take classes at a greatly reduced rate. Not only can we take classes, but we can take them while “on the clock” so to speak. I couldn’t take any classes last semester because of furloughs and our schedules being all funky, [...]

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