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The Orphan Story Tumbles Home: A Review of Lois Lowry’s “The Willoughbys”

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Brenton Dickieson

Everyone loves a good orphan story—or that’s what we must assume, given the popularity of them. I’ve only ever pretended to read Anne of Green Gables (I saw all 4 movies) and Heidi (I read the Classics Illustrated comic), but … Continue reading →

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The Pilgrim’s Regress and the Reader’s Progress

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Brenton Dickieson

As much as I always love it, reading Lewis occasionally reminds me of how I’m so deficient in “the literary canon”—the great pieces of literature that everyone has read; a.k.a., the books I should have read already. All too often … Continue reading →

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