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...even for the latter, this is poetry at its most painless. Each of the nine themed chapters is illustrated by a different artist, and the poetry ranges from comic to sad, from two lines to three pages and from Shakespeare to Edward Lear. This would be the picky reader's pick read. And before long, the lyrical language will have become infectious...
...After plane crashes, war and anthrax, I was thankful to see TIME's pumpkin pie," sighed a grateful Iowan. A New Yorker wrote, "Like many other citizens, I am flying the colors, and I love the idea of putting the American flag in my Thanksgiving pumpkin pie." And a reader from Maryland offered "applause for the flag in the pie. It's a reminder of the best time of year, when people open their hearts. Despite the war, the holidays will go on. Let the festivities begin...
...extraordinarily important force in the dissemination of the ideas of literary criticism and feminism,” said Brad S. Epps, professor of Romance languages and literature at Harvard. “She was an incredibly gifted reader of text...
Sacks interweaves tales of early scientists, familial anecdotes and chemistry lessons with his narrative. Thus Uncle Tungsten is far more than a book of memoirs. It presents the reader with a different view of the world where every detail—every candle-flame, light-bulb and breath of air—is a mystery waiting to be solved...
Perhaps the most compelling aspect of the book is the glimpse it gives into the development of Amis’ intellectual sophistication and distinctive style. Arranged thematically rather than chronologically, Amis counsels the reader to keep an eye on dates throughout the book. Even without looking, it is usually obvious which reviews were written in the 1970s by the editorial assistant Amis (wearing shoulder-length hair, a flower shirt and knee-high tricolored boots), and which reviews are the product of the mellower, graying at the temples, established author of the 1990s. The evolution alone is worth the read...