This book was an easy read. In fact, this is the easiest book on—and containing—literary analysis I’ve ever read. It was really rather refreshing. Foster makes cracking the code look ... Read more

The Woman Warrior, p. 13: “The round moon cakes and round doorways, the round tables of graduated sizes that fit one roundness inside another, round windows and rice bowls—these talismans ... Read more

“The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawhtorne Interesting, however instructive. The sort of thing that would be tough to get away with in modern times. Well-constructed, varied, yet formal sentences that make ... Read more

“The Overcoat” by Gogol I know Gogol was a realist, that he preferred to write about “dull and repulsive” characters, but there does seem to be an optimism there. However ... Read more

I just finished reading The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd. The main character has a bit of an identity crisis spurred on by her daughter’s leaving for college and ... Read more

Song of Solomon is required reading for my junior IB class. I was happy to see it on the list, since it’s a book I’ve had on my shelf for ... Read more