The Sylvanian Family
The image of the Sylvanian family (or Calico Critters are they’re now called) rose to my mind as I began reading the first few chapters of Betty Friedan’s The F...
Category: Musings
The House, the Room, and the Soul
This has been my final fall semester at Rhodes College and I can confidently say that it was filled from top to bottom with Edith Wharton. I read House of Mirth...
“Echoes of Jazz Age” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
An advice often given to writers is to not attempt to write about a time period until it’s over, only leaving echoes in its wake. Only when a new era has begun ...