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Instead, Gitlin emerges as a reflective, weathered veteran activist. Recognizing his position as an architect of the New Left, he speaks to today’s activists as a loving but sometimes critical father. Like a palm reader, he tells his readers what qualities activists are likely to have, identifies what kinds of challenges they face, and divines what obstacles will likely be thrown in their path...
...doing the Devil’s work hasn’t deterred the author from continuing the story of The Giver, now the first in a trilogy. The Giver’s intentionally ambiguous ending spurred endless inquiries as to the fate of the main character, Jonas. This strong reader response inspired Lowry to make herself a t-shirt that read in large letters “Jonas Lives!” (although she was always too embarrassed to wear it). She then decided to write a second book, Gathering Blue, where Jonas shows up “obliquely...
...impact she makes on childrens’ lives. “The glimpse that I get into the lives of children and how they are affected by books is very meaningful to me. It shouldn’t have surprised me, though, as I was a very avid reader but perhaps I had forgotten...
...critic James Wood has pointed out that the decline of the Bible's authority in the 19th century coincided with the rise of the modern novel. Elie reminds a wistful 21st century reader how urgently books used to matter. Books--by Dante, Blake, Flaubert, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Joyce, Jacques Maritain, Etienne-Henry Gilson and hundreds of others--served as spiritual guides for Elie's quartet in their journeys, shaping them in a life-or-death way that one senses would not be possible...
...member of the Wilmette group. "This allows us to practice being adults together." For Dorothy Hemming and her son Neville, 12, the mother-son book group is "a way for us to be together other than my driving him around to sporting events." Neville, a hockey player and avid reader, says the group helps him to talk to his mother on a deeper level. "It's not just my asking her for something--'I need this by Tuesday. I need you to sign this paper...