Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry Houghton Mifflin, 2000 215 pages Lois Lowry is easily one of my favorite children's authors, and Gathering Blue is my favorite Lois Lowry novel. Set in a future, post-apocalyptic dystopia reminiscent of the early Middle Ages, the book tells the story of a teenage girl named Kira. In Kira's ruthlessly … Continue reading Finding Community in the Midst of Dystopia
Put It in Writing: Inspiration from letters, historic and otherwise
Women's Letters: America from the Revolutionary War to the Present ed. Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler Dial Press, 2005 824 pages Several years ago, I worked as a book reviewer for the local newspaper. Every few weeks, I dropped by the paper's downtown office and browsed through a small room full of soon-to-be-published books. … Continue reading Put It in Writing: Inspiration from letters, historic and otherwise
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