In this latest memoir installment, I look at the friendships in my life that revolved around literature.
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Tag Archives: Jane Austen
My Friendships Grounded in Literature
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The Joys of Reading Fanny Burney
In which I share my first-time reading experience of Fanny Burney’s Cecilia, which I couldn’t bear to put down.
Reflections on the Nature of Satire
In which I sort out my mixed feelings about satire.
“Better Living” Emerged from a Midnight Epiphany
In the latest installment of “A Life Lived in Literature,” I recount the origins of “Better Living through Beowulf.”
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Why Emma Is My Favorite Austen Novel
Why “Emma” is my favorite Austen novel. It all has to do with Mrs. Elton, Emma’s double.
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Early Scenes from a Marriage
My memoir continued, this time looking at my relationship with Julia during our grad school years in Atlanta.
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Trump as Mrs. Elton and Ozymandias
Trump’s vulgar tarting up of the White House brings to mind Mrs. Elton’s lack of class in “Emma.” And then there’s his resemblance to Ozymandias.
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