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67fall on your knees
image copyright 'Jhanelle' (Flickr); text copyright 'sbeakr' 2009 (novel by Ann-Marie MacDonald, 1996) An emotionally discombobulating and furious read, this amazing book stings of Steinbeck's East Of...
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56Would We Be Afraid of the X-Men? Are we Afraid of Soldiers?
As I reread the X-Men comic books from my childhood and compare them to Stan Lee's version of the same group I see a vague relationship in conceptualization but a startling transformation when the X-Men...
1 comment59Why English Majors Should Read Comic Books
When I ask myself why I think it is so important that comic books be taken seriously I think about what English students can learn from reading comic books as a part of their annual diet of literature, and...
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66Water for Elephants Book Review
Sara Gruen's New York Times bestselling Water for Elephants is a gritty and spellbinding story that weaves Jacob Jankowski's adventurous youth as a circus vet with his confined existence as an aging man in a nursing home. This book creates a new definition for a page-turning novel.
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61Review: A Broken Thing By Marlin Barton
A Broken Thing represents a fragmented narrative to mirror the fragmentation of the family and the different multifaceted relationships happening within a family was also explored. The shifting points of view...
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77The Glass Castle: Between Turbulence and Order
I just finished reading The Glass Castle. This memoir, by Jeannette Walls, recounts the hardships of a life where moving often, changing jobs, lies, alcohol, lack of food, few showers, and more were the norm....
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