Dawn Reader
A blog about books--about writing--about readers and reading--about teaching.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
The Most Expensive Cups of Coffee--EVER
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On Monday evening Joyce and I were in Kent, and we decided to stop at the Starbucks there next to the KSU campus--the place that once was...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Frankenstein Sundae, 96
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—Arna Bontemps (birthplace in Alexandria, Louisiana; home and grave in Nashville) —Willa Cather (birthplace and sites in Back Creek V...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Swings ... Sways ... Whatever: A 50s Memory
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Who knows what propels back into consciousness a long-ago memory? Today, reading a book about morality, I found myself thinking about th...
Monday, February 9, 2015
Frankenstein Sundae, 95
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“Let Us Visit Their Tombs” Let us mark the spot …; let us erect a shrine to their memory; let us visit their tombs; let us indulge ...
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Sunday Sundries, 36
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1. Another incarnation of the TA (Traffic Asshole) ... You're waiting to get out onto the main road. You're sitting in a mall dr...
Saturday, February 7, 2015
One Eventually Wearies ...
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I was a lucky lad. A very lucky lad. I had parents who loved me (and each other)--got to attend good (if not great) schools--fell int...
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Friday, February 6, 2015
Frankenstein Sundae, 94
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In recent years, pundits have been lamenting the loss of the neighborhood bookstore in America. In a PBS interview on 21 July 2011, Jef...
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