waking slowwaking to sleep. and waking slow.Eventide- November 6, 2005 In 2001, I read Kent Haruf's novel, Plainsong, and subsequently recommended it to virtually everyone I knew. It was that rare novel that was a safe recommendation for friends, parents, men, women, whatever. Haruf's sequel, Eventide, is equally wonderful. It's sad, happy, funny, but mostly it's just a pleasure to read. Once I hit page 100 or so I just disappeared into Haruf's depiction of Holt, Colorado....http://www.wakingslow.com/archives/000271.html The thing about teaching...- November 2, 2005 ...is that sometimes, adolescents really are as infuriating as books say they are. Other times, they come up with amazing things that no book can ever capture....http://www.wakingslow.com/archives/000269.html |