Most people likely associate Edgar Allan Poe as a writer of some of the world’s scariest horror stories. His most famous poem, “The Raven,” creates moods of terror as the
Author: Murray Ellison
Murray Ellison is a Lifelong Learner of Literature, Music, and Poetry. He teaches those subjects at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute of the University of Richmond. He is a Board Member of The Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, and Coordinator of The RVA (Richmond) Classic Book Club. He is the Founder and Chief Editor of Litchatte.com and does professional editing. Before all of that he, retired as the Director of Community Corrections for the Virginia Department of Correctional Education. He has taught at every level from elementary and special education through college.
He earned a Master of Arts in English Literature at Virginia Commonwealth University and a Doctorate Degree in Special Education at Virginia Tech.
Postmodernism in Milan Kundera’s, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Kundera leaves us with some thought-provoking ideas. The novelist is neither a historian nor a prophet: he is an explorer of existence.
Parenting Our Three or Four Daughters
I can’t remember many difficult parts about raising our three daughters. We didn’t expect the delight that an unexpected fourth daughter about 17 years later would bring. However, each one had a few challenges.
Planning the 2nd Half of My Life with Falling Upward by Richard Rohr
In this reflection, I consider the effects that Falling Upward (2011) had on me after I first read it in 2014. In this book by Franciscan monk Richard Rohr, comments on
What I Would Say to My Younger Self
“The figures of a horse and rider came slowly through the eddying mist. The rider handed the passenger a small— folded paper. The guard opened the note that simply said,
Reconsidering What is a Modern Classic Book: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
In this article, Murray Ellison considers how we might consider books written in the last 70 years as Classics and considers Kazuo’s, The Remains of the Day as a modern classic.
THE POLITICS, MATHEMATICS, AND STRATEGIES OF POTLUCKS
Some interesting mathematics and strategies around potluck meals
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is Drawn from Muriel Spark’s Life
Don Wilms lead the Richmond, Virginia (RVA) Classic Bookclub Discussion of The Prime of Miss Brodie in April 2022
Race and Gender in Kate Chopin’s Short Story, “Desiree’s Baby”
by Mary Ramsey Evans… While Kate Chopin is most often remembered for her controversial novel, The Awakening (1898), she also wrote almost one hundred short stories, many of them published
MINI BOOK REVIEW: FALLEN IDOLS, TWELVE STATUES THAT MADE HISTORY BY ALEX VON TUNZELMANN
By Paul Ho – Litchatte Reviewer Ten years ago, I would never have imagined I’d be reading a book about statues. But here we are in 2022, where even