For many years I had a philosophy of never lending books to friends. If you wanted to borrow a book, and it was one I could bear to part with, I’d give you the book outright, but I’d never expect to see it again. This …
Read MoreCould I Be the World’s Worst-read English Major?
I am what some may consider the world’s worst-read English major. I can’t count the number of conversations I’ve had in which someone has said to me “What? You’ve never read [insert name of Great Book here]?” For instance, I have never read Dante’s Inferno, …
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One of the great lines in “Hamlet” is Hamlet’s response to Polonius’ question “What do you read, my lord?” I have heard this line read variously with haunted melancholy or with goofy broad humor, depending on who is doing the interpreting. How you read it …
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