Reading and Roaming
DIARIES. As someone who has kept journals of one sort or another most of my life, I’m also interested in the diary as a fictional device. Here are a few words about my journaling and notes on two recent novels where diaries are key to the underlying story. My first diary, which I no longer have, …
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As December comes to a close, I’d like to be optimistic that 2018 will be a more civilized year. This year has been challenging on the national level and reading the daily newspaper an exercise in anger, frustration, and discouragement. Just perhaps, things will get better in the new year, and we can again be …
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MY FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2017 I’ve averaged reading about a book a week this year, mostly novels and a small selection of memoirs and other nonfiction. Here are my favorites in no particular order. What were your favorite reads this year? I’d love to hear from you! FICTION Most Inventive Novel: The Underground Railroad by Colson …
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SMALL SCREEN My Mother and Other Strangers (PBS) If you missed this little gem from last summer, it’s worth seeking out. Set in the village of Moybeg in Northern Ireland in 1943, it’s the story of a poor town invaded (not literally) by the presence of an American air base. At the time, Francis Coyne …
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