From Matthew 2: 16-18: "Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined … Continue reading The innocents
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What to bring with you when you join Bilbo & Company: new in bookstores
Followers of J.R.R. Tolkien know what "The Hobbit" is: It's a prelude. A delicious dish, but not the main course. The adventures are wonderful, but the story plays out on a much smaller canvas than "The Lord of the Rings" -- though you wouldn't know it from watching the first installment of Peter Jackson's "Hobbit" … Continue reading What to bring with you when you join Bilbo & Company: new in bookstores
Etc.: early Saramago, plus Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune’ meets poet Ted Hughes
JOSE VS. THE MAN: Back in 1980, 18 years before he won the Nobel Prize for Literature, Jose Saramago was a newspaper deputy editor who got canned from his job (nobody treats deputy editors right, do they?). He penned a big, fat novel that lets us know exactly how he was feeling, "Raised from the … Continue reading Etc.: early Saramago, plus Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune’ meets poet Ted Hughes
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