Tag Archives: Virginia Woolf

The Fear of Not Reading All We Should

By Robin Bates | Published: June 24, 2015

Many readers have they anxiety that they haven’t read all the books they should have. Bibliotherapists claim that they can offer relief.

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Prescribing Lit for What Ails Us

By Robin Bates | Published: June 23, 2015

I had mixed feelings about a recent article in “The New Yorker” on bibliotherapy.

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How to View Prejudice in the Classics

By Robin Bates | Published: April 14, 2015

How to handle instances of prejudice in the classics? Let the values battles fly.

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An Ideal Mother

By Robin Bates | Published: January 9, 2014

When I think of a mother-son relationship that most matches my own, I think of Betsy Trotwood and David Copperfield.

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The End of the World As We Know It?

By Robin Bates | Published: December 21, 2012

A number of poets have written poems about the apocalypse. But it’s always figurative, never literal.

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Quiz: Identify These Famous Figures

By Robin Bates | Published: December 28, 2011

Two wonderfully light poems give readers a chance to test their knowledge of cultural history.

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Trading Stories with a Sick Friend

By Robin Bates | Published: September 22, 2009

Virginia Woolf  I have been reporting on the salons we have been holding to honor my friend and former colleague at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Alan Paskow. Alan has an aggressive cancer that has moved into his lungs, and while the outlook is not good, he and his wife Jackie (also a former colleague) […]

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