Tag: memoir
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My Year in Books
Since 2001 (holy crap–that’s 15 years!), I’ve kept a reading journal. 2001 was the year I graduated college, so it flows through that last year at Hendrix, into grad school, early working years, furlough years and now the executive director years. Most likely, I’ll never again hit the highs of 2001 (116 books), aided in…
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Making the hidden visible: World War II Fiction
There are certain periods in history that seem to get all the attention. The pioneer experience. The Civil War. World War II. I’ve always enjoyed the less exposed parts of history more. My “preferred” war is World War 1, and the quantity of material centered around it pales in comparison to WWII. Though I know…
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Picture book history
Lots of authors write memoirs and autobiographies. Some of these are even aimed at children–Beverly Cleary’s A Girl From Yamhill comes to mind. But how many authors write a picture book memoir? Earlier this summer, I ran across a mention of William Steig’s When Everybody Wore a Hat on Melissa Wiley’s blog. Steig is best…
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