While preparing for my library talk about Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, I made a number of discoveries, many of them about my own process. So, in no particular order: 1. No matter how busy and overwhelmed I was on various other projects, doing a small amount of work every day toward the library […]
This Wednesday–tomorrow–at the downtown branch of the Everett Public Library, 7 p.m.–I will be talking about and (if all goes as planned) leading a discussion about Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This is a sentimental book, racist, political to the point of being propaganda. It is also a very powerful book and an important part […]
Saying “thank you” hardly seems adequate. This morning I am feeling blessed by my generous friends. I am also thinking about Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon, which I have been reading with my American literature students. Most of my students are really, really young, and it’s not an easy book for them. When I asked them to […]
My college is throwing me a book party! Bethany Reid Book Signing May 22 English instructor Bethany Reid will read from her recently published poetry collection and sign copies of her book May 22 at Everett Community College. All employees are invited to the celebration from 4 to 6 p.m. May 22 at EvCC’s Nippon Business Institute, […]