November 2008
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Robin's Bookstore Closing
Another independent institution, Robin’s Bookstore, will be closing its doors in January 2009. It is a sad day for literary Philadelphia.
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(Yet, Again, Another) Reading Round-up
I was really excited to read John Barth’s The Development. I haven’t read much of Barth’s work but I loved Lost in the Funhouse and I needed a break from Faulkner. They are completely different stylistically and I thought the short stories would be a good change of pace. (I am not reading Faulkner’s short stories for my project.) These stories are based in a gated...
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Four Months
How fast, how fast they grow…
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Sanctuary by William Faulkner
I am undecided about Sanctuary by William Faulkner. This novel is more plot driven than the other novels of his that I’ve read. It is about a woman who is kidnapped and taken into the Memphis ‘underworld’ and the trial of the man wrongly accused of murdering another man who tried to protect her. It was a little grotesque and a little odd and yet at times, surprisingly,...
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Thank You, Mr. President (Elect)
Thank you for showing us hope. Thank you for calling upon us. Thank you for showing us that we can do better - together - as a nation. Thank you for making the future brighter for my daughter. Thank you for today and all of the future tomorrows.