Tag: L. M. Montgomery
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The war at home
In this time of pandemics and quarantines, we’re all searching for different ways to grasp a bit of comfort and stability. Personally, I’ve been reading mysteries (they always find an answer by the end!), watching some very fluffy tv, and perhaps baking a bit more than I should. I never would have guessed that one…
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Work hard for a living
I never thought I’d get excited about economic history. Or economics, in general. But when everything crashed in 2008, I got interested. I remember being completely transfixed while listening to This American Life’s podcast about the real estate meltdown (A Giant Pool of Money). And dumbfounded that I was so fascinated. I started reading the…
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Library Break
Last week, I had carpet replaced in about half of my house. The good news: I didn’t have to move all of my books. But I did have to move quite a few books. I never really think about how many books I have until I move them somewhere, and then it suddenly becomes painfully obvious.…
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A season of reading
Growing up, the library’s summer reading program was always a highlight of the summer. Finally, treats for always having my nose in a book! Alas, I never won any of the big prizes. Our program was all about the number of books read, not the number of pages. And I kept choosing really big books.…
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In celebration of Rilla
There are some stories that never quite let you go. My love for Rilla of Ingleside has been mentioned here more than once. That love led me to my senior thesis and, more recently, to my most recent publication on the Dallas homefront during WWI. So is it any wonder that I was thrilled that Benjamin Lefebvre and Andrea McKenzie were…
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A Tale of Two Emilys
It’s gotta be tough having a star for a sister. You know you’re special, but how do you get your chance to shine? If in some alternate universe, all of an author’s creations were to meet, would Emily Starr get in a cat fight with Anne Shirley? Would Emily Webster be jealous of Betsy Ray? I’ve always…
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For the to-read list
Wonderful, wonderful interview with Benjamin Lefebvre, one of the leading scholars on L. M. Montgomery and her work. Not too long ago, he edited The Blythes Are Quoted, which is essentially her final manuscript that was published very differently from the way she envisioned. He’s coming out with a new edition of Rilla of Ingleside,…
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More from the archive
Last week, mom brought another box of stuff to my house for me to go through. It is truly remarkable what all she hung on to (and a lot of it is now in the recycle bin). But I did find a few things that prove that my reading tastes haven’t changed that much in…
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Idol or friend?
As a kid, my focus was always on the stories. Eventually, I figured out that some of my favorite authors had careers beyond the books I loved so much. Or that their lives were very different from what I imagined based on their novels. But no matter what, they were my literary idols. My love…
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