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THE NEWLYWEDS, BY NELL FREUDENBERGER

I picked up this book because of a review I read somewhere that compared Freudenberger to Jhumpa Lahiri; I suppose with expectations that high, I should have expected to be let down, which I definitely was to the nth degree. This book started out with so much potential, but about a quarter of the way …

May 12, 2012 – 2:05 pm | By Bethann | Posted in READ IN 2012, REVIEWS | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT, BY DYLAN THOMAS

When I think about Dylan Thomas, I immediately think about 1) the poem I am about to discuss, and 2) the first time I heard Dylan Thomas’s name, while listening to the Simon & Garfunkle, “A Simple Desultory Philippic” with my dad. I must have been about 12 or 13 and the lyrics really resonated …

March 1, 2012 – 2:41 pm | By Bethann | Posted in MUSINGS, READ IN 2012, REVIEWS | Tagged , , | Comments (0)