Tag Archives: reading
Shelf Reflections: The Year (and More!) in Review
On a chilly, rainy Friday morning back in October, I walked up to my bookshelf to find a book to read. I spent some time sorting through the spines until I began asking myself: How many of these books have … Continue reading
Wandering Among “Towery Cities” and “Branchy Towers”
The title of this post takes its cue from Gerard Manley Hopkins’ “Duns Scotus’s Oxford,” a lovely little poem I read earlier today. The post will talk about the poem and what (I think) it means. But there’s more to … Continue reading
Bookmarks: 11/24/13 – 12/15/13
Just finished submitting my first round of applications for graduate school. Here’s a painting someone once did to show my reaction to the whole experience… Now for some good news! Yesterday’s post on Northrop Frye and The Educated Imagination was my tenth for … Continue reading
A Defense of Reading: Northrop Frye and the Educated Imagination
In my last post I started off with a groan-inducing question. So for consistency, let me start this post in a similar vein: Why read at all? Well, that’s not a terribly useful question – literacy is intimately linked with survival, … Continue reading
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