Dawn Reader
A blog about books--about writing--about readers and reading--about teaching.
Saturday, February 11, 2017
Under the Influence
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This morning I got a Facebook comment/question from Bob (he was "Bobby" then), a student from years ago ... okay, decades ago. ...
Friday, February 10, 2017
Frankenstein Sundae, 284
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About the time that William Godwin, Jr. died of cholera in September 1832, young Percy Florence Shelley (about to turn 13), the only sur...
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Screen Time
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I'll confess: I like my screens. My laptop, my Kindle, my iPad, my iPhone. Just a day or so ago, using one of my screens, I was ab...
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Schoolhouse Rocked
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I'm not sure what I can add to this debate about the recent confirmation of Betsy DeVos as the head of the U. S. Department of Educa...
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Self on the Shelf, 3
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Oops--almost forgot to finish this little series of posts about a weird shelf in my study. Here we go ... At the right, in the back, is...
Monday, February 6, 2017
Frankenstein Sundae, 283
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Transfusion; or, The Orphans of Unwalden (1835), William Godwin, Jr.’s posthumous novel, begins in the Swiss village (fictional) of Unw...
Sunday, February 5, 2017
Sunday Sundries, 129
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1. AOTW--Okay, this one is not egregious--but annoying. I was walking across the Hudson Green the other afternoon--bitterly cold, lots of...
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