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Readers share their favorite novels
When I think of favorite novels, I do not think of novels that are classics, or great stories, or even well-written works. Still, most of my favorites lay claim to one or more of those qualities. What makes a novel a favorite for me is the impact it has on my life. The very best novels do not simply entertain us or carry us off to new worlds. They change us. They leave us different than they found
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Poetry is packed with the stuff of fact, rhythm, smell, sound, sight. Poetry is far more effective in
American Authors
- Book reviews: Little (Grrl) Lost, by Charles de Lint
- Book reviews: The Rich Part of Life, by Jim Kokoris
- Cultural references to The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane
- Book Revies:Singing with the top down by Debra Williamson
- Book reviews: A Stone, a Leaf, an Unfound Door, by Thomas Wolfe
- Biography: Pearl Buck
- Laughter in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey
British Authors
- Biography: Joseph Addison
- Book reviews: Dirty Beasts, by Roald Dahl
- Book reviews: The Forgotten Gift, by Janet Mitchell
- Book review: The Know, by Martina Cole
- Literary Analysis: Sex and violence as portrayed by the works of Angela Carter
- Literary analysis: Racism in Joseph Andrews, by Henry Fielding
- Book reviews: Kraven Images, by Alan Isler
Comic Books & Graphic Novels
- Comic book reviews: Ultimate Spider-man, The Worst Thing, by Brian Micheal Bendis
- Comic book reviews: Ultimates, Passion Play, by Mark Millar
- Character analysis: Flycatcher in Fables, by Bill Willingham
- The golden age of Canadian Comic books
- The problems with the new generation of comic book creators
- Comic book reviews: Soon I Will be Invincible, by Austin Grossman
- Character analysis: Shinichi Okazaki in Nana, by Ai Yazawa
Playwrights & Plays
- Plot summary: Il Trovatore, by Giuseppe Verdi
- Plot summary: Ernani, by Giuseppe Verdi
- Character analysis: Elizabeth in Miller's, The Crucible
- Dishonesty as displayed in The Importance of Being Earnest, Hamlet and A Streetcar Named Desire
- Play reviews: Assorted Candies by Michel Tremblay
- Literary analysis: Mother courage, by Brecht
- Plot summary: La Finta Semplice, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
by Ray Gunn
Too many come across the mighty tome The Bible and can't help but be confused by the many figurative and poetic verses contained within.
The one un-mysterious element in Harry Potter is the obvious striking similarity between "Death" in our real world and "Death" in
I first read Anne Lamott's "bird by bird" soon after it was published fifteen years ago. It was a barrel of fun then and a helpful
An Exploration of the Fantasy Genre through the Fantastical Literature of The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Over the course of history,
Writing Assignments
- International Writers & Literature
- Adventure fiction book reviews: When the Lion Feeds, by Wilbur Smith
- Book reviews: The Gin Drinkers, by Sagarika Ghose
- Book reviews: Farmer Giles of Ham, by J.R.R. Tolkein
- References to One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, in popular culture and film
- References to The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, in popular culture and film
- Book reviews: Misterios and Other Poems, by J. Neil C. Garcia
- Book reviews: Museum of Absences, by Luis H. Francia
- Book reviews: 100 Love Poems, edited by Gemino H. Abad and Alfred A. Yuson
- Book reviews: My Fair Maladies, edited by Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo
- The two books by Jose Rizal
- Book Review: Daddy, by Loup Durand
- Book reviews: Like the Flowing River, by Paulo Coelho
- Book reviews: Race Against Time, by Stephen Lewis
- Book reviews: The Gaze Poems, by Arvin Abejo Mangohig
- Book reviews: Pulot gata: The Love Poems, by Danton Remoto
- Book reviews: Reaching Destination: Poems and the Search for Home, by Nerisa del Carmen Guevara
- Book review: Sleep Before Evening, by Magdalena Ball
- Book reviews: Shadows Of Spawn, by Todd McFarlane
- Jungian psychology's influence on the works of Timothy Findley
- Examining the satirical works of Mordecai Richler
- Gabrielle Roy's influence on Quebec's Quiet Revolution
- Book reviews: The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander
- Fathers and sons in Cry, The Beloved Country, by Alan Paton
- References to One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, in popular culture and film
- Symbols in One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- Book reviews: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, by Max Weber
- Christianity and injustice in Cry, The Beloved Country, by Alan Paton
- Social protest in Cry, The Beloved Country, by Alan Paton
- Short story reviews: The Highland Widow, by Sir Walter Scott
- American Authors
- The expression of sexuality in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey
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- American Authors
- Will J.D. Salinger publish another novel?
- Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Was theTwilight novel better than the movie?
- Was the New Moon novel better than the movie?
- Has the fantasy genre become stagnant?
- William Shakespeare
- Is Shakespeare's writing incomprehensible?
- British Literature
- Should JK Rowling allow the characters in the Harry Potter series to become more romantically involved?
