Although I have yet to deliver an unqualified rave of a book in this blog (except for the occasional children’s book), I swear I’m not a book snob. To prove this, I will now make a confession that could forever destroy my credibility in certain circles: I enjoyed Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love. Though it’s been […]
Tag Archives: nonfiction
January
13
Lettered Ladies Book Club: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair
posted by Laura
I still can’t believe that Nina Sankovitch did what she did. Reading a 250-300 page book every day — and then writing about it! — for an entire year seems frankly impossible to me. Truly it does. Lettered Lady Kate could totally do this. She sacrifices no comprehension at all for her enviable speed, which […]
January
01
What Stacy’s Reading Now: Bittersweet
posted by Stacy
Ahhh…Christmas Break. The time when all English professors take a break from grading and lesson plans and meetings and …. read. (Hmmm…maybe we need new hobbies?) At least for me, the kind of reading I do during the three weeks in between the end of our Fall semester and the start of my January session […]
November
29
Base and Superstructure in Bringing Up Bébé
posted by Lynne Nugent
I swear, I really do read Serious Literature from time to time. But lately I can’t seem to get enough of well-to-do ladies giving me life tips (hello, Lean In). The latest of this hybrid genre of self-help/memoir/journalism/ gossip/aspirational lifestyle manuals to cross my nightstand is Pamela Druckerman’s Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers […]
November
25
Lettered Ladies Book Club: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair
posted by Stacy
A few months ago – tanned and relaxed from our respective summers and giddy from the fun of our new blog – the Lettered Ladies decided to embark on an adventure together. Though the six of us now live in five different states and see each other only rarely, we knew that we could be […]
July
22
What Stacy is Reading Now: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga
posted by Stacy
When I start something new, I dive in wholeheartedly. Over the years, my friends and family have seen me intricately plan my dissertation in a twenty-page outline and carefully separate out my lesson plans and teaching materials in binders and multi-colored file folders. I still proudly read books with two different colored pens in hand. […]
You Are What You Eat
posted by Stacy
One of my favorite things about being an English professor in a department of four is that I get to teach a variety of classes. Although I was officially hired as the resident Shakespearean and early British literature specialist, I regularly teach contemporary World and South Asian Literature and explore my interests in theory and […]
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