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the power and the glory by graham greene

lifebythebooks wrote 3 weeks ago: There is something inextricably fascinating about the Catholic church. It’s quite a public den … more →

Tags: Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory, Whiskey Priest, México, Catholic priest

to the lighthouse by virginia woolf

lifebythebooks wrote 1 month ago: I wrote a paper on this book for class comparing Mrs. Ramsay to Emma Woodhouse. It makes sense just … more →

Tags: Virginia Woolf, to the lighthouse, mrs. ramsay, Jane Austen, Emma, Emma Woodhouse

sons and lovers by d.h. lawrence

lifebythebooks wrote 2 months ago: Something happens when you have to read a book for class. It doesn’t matter what book it is or … more →

Tags: Sons and Lovers, d h lawrence, paul morel, gertrude morel, clare dawes, Miriam, Psychoanalysis, Oedipal Complex

a portrait of the artist as a young man by james joyce

lifebythebooks wrote 2 months ago: I was told that by the end of this novel I would hate the main character. I wasn’t told why, j … more →

Tags: portrait of the artist as a young man, James Joyce, Stephen Dedalus, Art, Religion, Nationalism

the heart of darkness by joseph conrad

lifebythebooks wrote 3 months ago: The first time I read this book I was a senior in high school and I had to read it for my AP English … more →

Tags: Psychoanalysis, Heart of Darkness, Freud, Joseph Conrad, Kurtz, marlow, Congo

Twitter me this friends...8 comments

Kate Tabor wrote 3 months ago: I’m still looking for a book for this year.  I frame the year around stories and storytelling … more →

Bracketology

Kate Tabor wrote 7 months ago: It’s all about the final four – While we were in the midst of March Madness we captured … more →

Tags: activities, Memory and Story

If I had a theme song3 comments

Kate Tabor wrote 9 months ago: London Town Below I have a little music supervisor in my head that plays music while I read books.  … more →

Tags: activities, Memory and Story, Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere, Music

My Super Self5 comments

Kate Tabor wrote 9 months ago: We are reading WATCHMEN by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons and after reading about how the characters co … more →

Tags: activities

Neverwhere 2 comments

Kate Tabor wrote 10 months ago: Below I’m teaching a class on the Science Fiction/Fantasy novel.  I’m really just acting … more →

Tags: activities, Books, Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, hush, Fantasy

Something About Daisy3 comments

Kate Tabor wrote 10 months ago: Daisy at risk of a Winterbourne frost Yesterday I had the very best discussion of Daisy Miller, the … more →

Tags: activities, refelections, Reflections, Henry James, daisy miller, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald, horatio alger, Ragged Dick

The Wordle Challenge 2 comments

Kate Tabor wrote 11 months ago: Paul at quoteflections tagged me on this one, and it has taken me a bit of time to get to it. I crea … more →

Tags: activities, refelections, wordle, Reflections, Stories

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience2 comments

Kate Tabor wrote 1 year ago: Clay Burell writes a blog that is engaging and literate and that on occasion terrifies me. His recen … more →

Tags: refelections, thoreau, Civil Disobedience, Voting

Little Moments Matter3 comments

Kate Tabor wrote 1 year ago: Causing a stir by saying something... When I got to school today, this photograph had been sent to t … more →

Tags: activities, refelections, Three Words to the World, Social Media, YouTube

Itchy Friday...4 comments

Kate Tabor wrote 1 year ago: It’s Friday and I see my American Lit kids at 2:00 – for most of them it’s their l … more →

Tags: activities, refelections, Teaching, The Scarlet Letter, Friday, wordle

"All that is not my soul..."

Kate Tabor wrote 1 year ago: Clear and sweet is my soul, and clear and sweet is all that is not my soul. — Walt Whitman, So … more →

Tags: refelections, Poetry, Walt Whitman, The Weekly, Adobe, The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne

The Bluest Eye or Beloved?

Kate Tabor wrote 1 year ago: My class is reading Toni Morrison’s novel The Bluest Eye (TBE) and two of my colleagues are re … more →

Tags: toni morrison, Literature


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