Under the watchful eyes of Wally Lamb, Delores Price came undone. She had good reason – parental abandonment, accidental death, rape, obesity, romantic obsession, suicide attempts, and institutionalization, just to name a few. Events and circumstances that loom so large, so painful, so life-altering that it seems likely that no one could come through without […]
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Stop, Thief!
Posted in Adolescents/Teenagers, Literature, Writing on October 19, 2013 | 1 Comment »
There are only so many ways to tell stories. We all are born, come of age, die. In between, we struggle with love, loss, alienation and belonging, morality and immorality, good and evil. Depending on your English department’s particular 100-level Intro to (modern, English, German, Hispanic, popular, ethnic) Lit, you’ll learn the universal themes: three, […]