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The Real American Dream: A Meditation on Hope by Andrew Delbanco

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Kevin Holtsberry

Picked up The Real American Dream: A Meditation on Hope at Half Price Books awhile ago as I had heard good things about it.  It turned out to be an interesting short work on the larger trends of American history – … Continue reading →

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The Great Gatsby in 60 Seconds

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Kevin Holtsberry

This has been in the In-Box for a while but I thought better late than never. For more see LitDrift Musician Matt Mazur Tells the Story of “The Great Gatsby” in 60 Seconds

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The Children of Odin – The Book of Northern Myths

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Kevin Holtsberry

As regular readers of this blog will know, I have developed a keen interest in myths and fairy tales.  Natural I suppose with my history background as myths are the past handed down in storytelling form; not in the modern … Continue reading →

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The Magician’s Book by Laura Miller

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Kevin Holtsberry

Cover via Amazon Laura Miller had a problem.  When she was young she was absolutely captivated and enthralled with the Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis.  Given a copy of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by a … Continue reading →

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Interesting posts from Dan Green: The Pedagogical Habit and The Existing Public Sphere.

Posted on November 12, 2008 by Kevin Holtsberry | Leave a comment