Author: Brian McNeill, of the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Public Affairs Department. Original web publication date: 7/20/2020 When I saw a notice that the “Beloved” Dr. Cliff Edwards was
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.
Why did JRR Tolkien say, “I am the Hobbit?”
English actor Martin Freeman acted the part of the young Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, in the 2012 Peter Jackson film. But, John Robert Reuel Tolkien’s actual life (1892 – 1973)
Dead Fly in the Pudding: Classic Book Club Savors the Taste of All the King’s Men
By Murray Ellison – with Commentary from Author, James Evans “Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the diddie to
Reflections on Siddhartha at Three Stages of My Life
I cannot think of another book that I read as a young man in the late 1960s, that was more influential on my subsequent life choices than Siddhartha by Herman
I’m in A New York State of Mind
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Where’s Judy? A First Look at the New Book by James L. Evans
Written by James L. Evans, Author & Retired Psychiatrist
Sherwood Anderson Faces the Grotesque in Winesburg, Ohio (1919)
Written by Dr. James Evans, Retired Psychiatrist and Author*
Don Quixote is a Fiction of His Own Making
Written by Eric Holzwarth* We can easily imagine the shaded hues that sketched the landscape in the pre-dawn hours when Don Quixote first rode forth, newly christened, determined to revive
Confinement and the Social Stratification of Women in Jane Eyre*
Many of us now voluntarily sequestered or under forced confinement due to the worldwide Corona Virus, Thus, it may be a good time to read some books that help us
Dancing to the Tune of The Universe: The Power of Mythology
I have been trying to figure out why people have such a hard time understanding the meaning of Mythology, and even have a more difficult time studying this topic objectively.