Hello! It’s time for “Writer Wednesday”, when I discuss another author and his or her book. This year I’ve read both The Odyssey by Homer, for the first time in its entirety, as well as The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood.While The Odyssey follows Odysseus and his journey home from the Trojan War, Penelope has her…
Hello!It’s time for “Writer Wednesday”, when I discuss another author and his or her book. When I first heard about Helene Wecker’s The Golem and the Jinni, I was intrigued by the premise of two cultures coming together in New York City at the turn of the century. It is true that this is portrayed…
Hello!It’s time for “Writer Wednesday”, when I discuss another author and his or her book.Today, I’d like to talk to you about a book that is part of my own personal history. In Kindergarten, we read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Now, I say we read, but really only the teacher and a…
Hello!It’s time for “Writer Wednesday”, when I discuss another author and his or her book. The Israelis and the Palestinians have always disagreed. Theirs is a struggle of epic proportions of sibling rivalry rooted in Isaac and Ishmael and lasting without end for generations and thousands of years. Right?Wrong.It turns out that the Israelis and Palestinians…
Hello! It’s time fore “Writer Wednesday”, where I discuss another author and a book of his or hers. Today, I’d like to talk about Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys through 28 Nations, Clusters of Nations and Contients by Martin Gannon. For Christmas one year in college, while I was studying history-focused international relations, my aunt…
Hello! It’s time for “Writer Wednesday”, when I discuss another writer and his or her book. Today’s subject is the Impressionists. Now, their paintings fill postcards, t-shirts, even umbrellas. When they first emerged in the 19th century, though, they were far from loved. Shunned by the establishment, they struggled for a place in the artistic…
Hello! It’s time for “Writer Wednesday“, when I talk about another author and a book of his or hers. To anyone who’s read my blog, it’s no secret that I like Shakespeare. Recently, I read an amazing book by Neil MacGregor: Shakespeare’s Restless World. Neil MacGregor is the Director of the British Museum (a place…
Hello! I’ve decided to make Wednesdays “Writer Wednesday” where I’ll talk about another writer. This past weekend, I read a book that I’ve been wanting to read for some time. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society charmed me. Because this is not a new book, much has already been written about it in terms…