The most magnificent films of our time would be hard pressed in creating the visual images Michelle Moran stirs up with her powerful words, from a history that existed over three thousand years ago, a kingdom that ruled in the heart of Egypt in an unstable period, and a queen that was so beautiful and graceful that eternity indeed remembers her, as she had desperately hoped it would. “Nefertiti” is compulsively readable and a treasure of historical fiction to behold. [Read more…] about Michelle Moran: “Nefertiti”
In Print
Yoko Ogawa: “The Housekeeper and the Professor”
Opening paragraph of Yoko Ogawa‘s short story:
“What is your shoe size?”
“How much did you weigh when you were born?”
“What is your height?”
“When is your birthday?”
These were some of the questions the housekeeper encountered every morning from the professor whom she cared for. He asked because he loved mathematics and because he could not remember her. [Read more…] about Yoko Ogawa: “The Housekeeper and the Professor”
L. Frank Baum: “The Wizard of Oz”
I read “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum, an American classic, as a grown adult and out of pure curiosity.
I cannot say that I enjoyed the book or the writing, but that is not the intent for reading all books. Not growing up in America until my teenage years precluded me from being exposed to the cornerstone of American culture promptly and Wizard of Oz happens to occupy a large sea there. I am still working hard to close the gaps in culture and conversation by educating myself on what I have missed.
Jane Austen: “Sense and Sensibility”
Sense and Sensibility was published in 1811 when Jane Austen was just 36 years old, and only 2 years before the publication of Pride and Prejudice. In the span of such a short time, and almost 200 years ago from today, Jane Austen produced two timeless classics. I find it bitterly ironic that in almost every case, a classic is known by the whole world over – celebrated, written about, studied, discussed in painstaking details in a classroom, read aloud in packed lecture halls and admired by masses – yet the creator of it all is spared this knowledge of success.
Jennifer L. Carrell: “The Shakespeare Secret”
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones…
–William Shakespeare
Imagine reading a book filled with quotes, anecdotes, and plots from Shakespeare’s masterpieces! [Read more…] about Jennifer L. Carrell: “The Shakespeare Secret”
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