“We wondered, sometimes, when your conscience and his would part company, and over what.” Dr. Finch smiled. “Well, we know now. I’m just thankful I was around when the ructions started. Atticus couldn’t talk to you the way I’m talking—” “Why not, sir?” “You wouldn’t have listened to him. You couldn’t have listened. Our gods…
“That's not a bad word...hate and war are bad words, but fuck isn't.” ― Judy Blume, Forever Today, if a teen happened to pick up a copy of Forever by Judy Blume, she would have no idea that this book had caused such an uproar when it was published in the mid 1970s. If anyone…
“Portia Kane, Official Member of the Human Race! This card entitles you to ugliness and beauty, heartache and joy---the great highs and lows of existence---and everything in between. It also guarantees you the right to strive, to reach, to dream, and to become the person you know (deep down) you are meant to be. So…
Although I have never visited Holt, Colorado, after reading Kent Haruf’s evocative Plainsong trilogy which was set in this small town, I feel as if I know the town and its people pretty well. I suspect that anyone who grew up in a small town anywhere in the U.S. would feel right at home with…
So you’re all caught up with George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series and need something else to read while waiting for the next book in this epic series?? Luckily, Martin isn’t the only author writing gritty, dark and intricately plotted series with memorable characters in a medieval-type setting with a touch of magic.…
In celebration of Mother’s Day on Sunday, we would like to give a shout-out to some of our favorite literary moms. With the exception of children’s literature, where every mother is warm, loving and always has time to give hugs, mothers with any serious roles in adult literature are surprisingly few and far between. But…
“Notice posted in NY newspapers: Travellers intending to embark on the Atlantic voyage are reminded that a state of war exists between Germany and her allies and Great Britain and her allies; that the zone of war includes the waters adjacent to the British Isles; that, in accordance with formal notice given by the Imperial…
"The past isn't dead. It isn't even past." --William Faulkner At the heart of Greg Iles' Bone Tree lies a mythic old-growth cypress tree, deep in the swamps of Mississippi. Those who believe in its existence are mostly African Americans who have heard stories of atrocities perpetrated there in the 1960s by the vicious KKK…
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