From my experience, teaching about a book is the best way to learn about it. In teaching a recent class on The Joy Luck Club (1989) by Amy Tan (see
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.
“USEFUL DELUSIONS:” The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain
MINI BOOK REVIEW of USEFUL DELUSIONS: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain by Shankar Vedantam and Bill Messler from Paul Ho, Litchatte
Eleanor Roosevelt’s Search for Freedom and Identity in New York’s Greenwich Village
ELEANOR IN THE VILLAGE: Eleanor Roosevelt’s Search for Freedom and Identity in New York’s Greenwich Village, by Jan Jarboe Russell A Mini-Book Review by Litchatte Writer, Paul Ho A little
Is A Gentleman in Moscow A Modern Classic?
A Review by James L. Evans* (with Introduction by Litchatte Editor, Murray Ellison) In early January, 2022, author James L. Evans led our first RVA Classic Bookclub (of Richmond,
CURE: The Journey Into the Science of Mind and Body BY JO MARCHANT
MINI BOOK REVIEW by Paul Ho with Response by Litchatte Editor, Murray Ellison (Disclaimer from Paul: I am not a doctor; therefore all the information below should be checked out
Did Charles Dickens Invent Christmas?
By Murray Ellison and John Schofield The inspiration for our present topic and question, began last summer when John Schofield (a literary researcher) and I were teaching a class on
The Double Life of Bob Dylan: A Restless Hungry Feeling (1941-1960)
A MINI BOOK REVIEW by Paul Ho Let us first talk about the industry that Bob Dylan has become. Mr. Dylan has written at least seven books himself and produced
MINI BOOK REVIEW: THE RAINBOW COMES AND GOES BY ANDERSON COOPER AND GLORIA VANDERBILT
By Litchatte Reviewer, Paul Ho What I learned about Gloria Vanderbilt by reading this book: she descended from a famous and fabulously wealthy iconic family. At 10 years old, she
My First Pumpkin by Paul Ho
A Halloween Pumpkin childhhod reflection by Litchatte writer, Paul Ho A few days before Halloween, my parents bought me a large well-formed pumpkin. I spent almost an hour drawing a
The Enduring Popularity and Mysteries of Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Hamlet Book Club Review by Professor Wade Curry By Wade Curry is Dean Emeritus at the College of New Jersey. He directed plays and taught theatre and English courses there