Monthly Archives: August 2011

Dispatches from the Classics Front

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Christine

I’m in the middle of Elmer Gantry, which we’re doing for our monthly book discussion on August 25. Turns out people were pretty unhappy with Sinclair Lewis for poking fun at traveling evangelists. People were already pretty unhappy with him … Continue reading →

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Accounting

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Harriett

Otis is bored with all the business paperwork I’ve been doing lately. So I gave him a new hangout box, with a view.

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Recommended Read: Child Wonder

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Sarah

Child Wonder by Roy Jacobsen awed me in so many ways.  The voice of Finn, this child narrator, is odd and beautiful.  His observations about his mother, his friends and extended family, the lodger that rents a room in their … Continue reading →

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