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Tag Archives: Lemony Snicket
The Words C.S. Lewis Made Up: Jollification, Uglification, and the Miserific Vision
We all know C.S. Lewis as the Narnian, but behind the children’s work was his experience as a teacher of English literature, a writer about the history of literary movements, and a tinker in other forms of fiction. In that tinkering, … Continue reading
Wormwood Reborn? A Screwtapian Look at The Gates by John Connolly (A Little Hallowe’en Demonic Lit)
One of the great perks as a university teacher is that I am constantly in conversation with students about good books. While this occasionally gets me into conversations about Twilight (which I did read, but only with great commitment to my … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections, Reviews
Tagged C.S. Lewis, Dante, demons, Douglas Adams, fantasy, hell, John Connolly, Lemony Snicket, literature, Philip Pullman, Screwtape, Teaching, Terry Pratchett, The Gates, The Screwtape Letters, Twilight
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The Haunting Death: Lewis, Buechner, and Me on the Loss of my Parents
On Friday, February 12th, I watched my mother finally succumb to cancer. She was only 61. In her death she taught me a great deal about how to live. You can read a brief story of her life here. I am now … Continue reading
I Need Help With “I,” Or Thoughts on Literary Segregation and the 1st Person Narrative
This post is part of an ongoing series Called Writing Wednesdays. I would love your comments below! It’s hard to know where some prejudices develop. My bias against bad drivers—something we Prince Edward Islanders specialize in—came to me slowly. I’m … Continue reading
Great First Lines
Anyone who writes knows how hard we work on the first line. It’s not that we are trying to live up to all the great first lines. It doesn’t matter how many best of times-worst of times stories we write, … Continue reading
The Personal Heresy and the Growth of a Person
One of the books that cut C.S. Lewis’ critical teeth is The Personal Heresy: A Controversy. The book is a debate with Cambridge professor Dr. E.M.W. Tillyard over questions about the role of the poet in how the reader appreciates … Continue reading
Posted in Lewis Biography, Reviews
Tagged academic, books, C.S. Lewis, controversy, debate, E.M.W. Tillyard, J.K. Rowling, Lemony Snicket, literary criticism, literature, Paulo Coelho, Poetry, The Personal Heresy
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A Read-Aloud Post for World Read Aloud Day: Reading the Hobbit
March 6th is World Read Aloud Day! I wrote a read-aloud post last fall for the Hobbit Read-Along, a merry fellowship of nine writers. When I began the blog project, I didn’t account for the fact that I would be reading … Continue reading
Wormwood Reborn? A Screwtapian Look at The Gates by John Connolly (Hell Series Part 1)
One of the great perks as a university teacher is that I am constantly in conversation with students about good books. While this occasionally gets me into conversations about Twilight (which I read with great effort) and Hunger Games (which … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections, Reviews
Tagged Angel & Demons, books, British, British Literature, C.S. Lewis, Dan Brown, Dante, demons, Douglas Adams, End of the World, fantasy, hell, John Connolly, kurt vonnegut jr, Lemony Snicket, literature, Milton, Philip Pullman, Screwtape, Terry Pratchett, The Gates, The Gates of Hell, The Hunger Games, The Screwtape Letters, Twilight
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Giving Voice to the Story: On Reading the Hobbit Aloud to my Son
This blog is part of The Hobbit Read-Along at The Warden’s Walk. I’ve been assigned Chapter 14: Fire and Water. Feel free to comment on any of the great blogs in the series. When I jumped into the Hobbit Read-Along, … Continue reading
The Haunting Death: Lewis, Buechner, and Me on the Loss of a Parent
Lewis in Letters I’ve read, now, about 200 pages of Lewis’ letters. This is just a small slice of the 2000 pages of his letters I have in my bookshelves. But it is enough to begin to see patterns and … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections, Reviews
Tagged Baudelaire orphans, Bebb, C.S. Lewis, Frederick Buechner, Galatians 2:20, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling, Jane Austin, John 15:13, King Miraz, Lemony Snicket, Letters to an America Lady, Lois Lowry, Narnia, Neville Longbottom, Now and Then, orphan literature, Pevensie children, pilgrim, Prince Caspian, Sacred Journey, Series of Unfortunate Events, Sirius Black, Telling Secrets, The Book of Bebb, The Giver, The Magician's Nephew, The Willoughbys, Watchman Nee
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