In this video, I provide an overview of the Regency period as it pertains to Jane Austen’s novel Sense and Sensibility. I discuss the characteristics of a…… Read more “Discussion One: The Historical Context of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen”
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Women of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar
Mrs. Willard “I had a picture of Mrs. Willard, with her heather-mixture tweeds and her sensible shoes and her wise, maternal maxims,” (Plath 218). “‘What a man…… Read more “Women of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar”
A Two Euro Purchase
It was nine twenty in the morning when I arrived at the used book sale. In forty minutes my English class would begin just down the hall.…… Read more “A Two Euro Purchase”
The Silent Intruder
It is two o’clock when I make the boys lunch. Peanut butter sandwiches on white bread. I spread the peanut butter evenly across the bread’s softness to…… Read more “The Silent Intruder”
The Description of Details
I think about all the melted chocolate, all the stained purses. I think about the intricacies of naming. Calling it something. Call it dark or white or…… Read more “The Description of Details”
Of Morning
I cannot decipher the smell of my skin from the bedsheets. Or is it just the scent of morning? The smell of a Thursday morning, what does…… Read more “Of Morning”
Reading in the car causes headaches
Once, while they were driving, Lucy told her dad that she felt like the adult in their relationship. He drove out of traffic, into the parking lot…… Read more “Reading in the car causes headaches”
Book Spotlight: Unaccustomed Earth
Book Spotlight: Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri I finished the book beneath a hot Michigan sun with a baseball cap protecting my scalp. In a reclining Adirondack…… Read more “Book Spotlight: Unaccustomed Earth”
Bee Abundant 