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In this post I would like to invite you to read and ponder on a poem by one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, Robert Frost. It is titled โOctoberโ, first published in England in 1913, in a largely autobiographical collection of poems called A Boyโs Will. O hushed October morning mild,Thy leaves …
As the summer slowly draws to a close, I return to the book I love to re-read this time of year. Sarah Orne Jewettโs 1896 novella The Country of the Pointed Firs is a gentle and relaxing, almost meditative account of an idyllic summer spent in a small fishing village on the coast of Maine. …
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Donna Tarttโs debut novel โThe Secret Historyโ was first published thirty years ago, but itโs one of those books that age really well. In terms of genre, it's been described as a campus novel, but don't mistake it for a piece of YA fiction set in a college; nor is it, in spite of the …
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John Grishamโs first novel, A Time to Kill, was set in the small town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi: population of 10,000 but โenough conflict to support fifty-one lawyers.โ That 1989 book has since been followed by dozens of titles that have earned him the reputation of a master of legal thriller. In Ford …
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