No, I didn’t have to trick others into whitewashing a wall. But in this column, I will explain why and how the RVA Classic book was formed, and how
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.
Emily Dickinson: How to Tell the Truth with A Slant
Updated from the August 9, 2018, Litchatte “Poetry Workshop” Posting (Reprinted due to current relevance) In 2020 and 2021, ex-President Donald Trump told his supporters that he won the presidential
George Bernard Shaw and Saint Joan
* By Wade Curry On February 5, 2021, the RVA (Richmond) Classics Book Club met via Zoom to discuss Shaw’s, Saint Joan. This play apparently convinced the Nobel committee to
Hemingway Fishes for a Career-Defining Masterpiece in Cuba: The Old Man and the Sea (Part II)
Understanding the Author’s Life When Reading Fiction Some literary critics believe that a work of fiction must be solely evaluated by using the text available to the reader. Those who
Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man, and the Sea: Part I
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break, it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle
Far From the Madding Crowd: A Commentary
by Donald Wilms Donald Wilms is a teacher at the READ Center and a Past President of the Chesterfield County (VA) Education Association. He did the research and moderated our
Like for Emily Dickenson: It’s Been a “Mouldering Pleasure” Writing Litchatte
FOR EMILY DICKINSON: WHAT PRECIOUS MOULDERING PLEASURE? It has been a pleasure writing Litchatte now for almost five years. I started writing this blog for fun after 30 years of
The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier – A Review by Ann Day
Many of us love a good mystery. Daphne du Maurier never disappoints her readers with her trove of mystery works. The Scapegoat is no exception. Best known as the
Alice Monro said she “Wanted to Do Something Great, Great the Way Men Do”
Written by Anne Sutton – Co-Coordinator of the Classic Book Club (Richmond, VA) Alice Munro was 82 years old when she won The Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013. This