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Original Essays | September 23, 2009

Jonathan Lethem: IMG Stops: On Those Things My New Novel Forgot to Be About, Maybe



For me, there's a weird, unfathomable gulf — I almost wrote gulp — between the completion of a novel and its publication. Some days this duration feels interminable, as though the book has... Continue »
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    Chronic City

    Jonathan Lethem

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Nine Dragons (Contemporary Fable) by George Herman
Nine Dragons (Contemporary Fable)

JAReynolds, December 14, 2007

I enjoyed this story. It is a metaphorical tale about how
individual communities react and inter-relate. A teacher could use this as a social studies book to look at how different socities use natual resources and relate with one and other. From this, a study of Chinese and other nearby counties could be done.
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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Into the Wild

JAReynolds, December 14, 2007

I love Jon Krakauer's writing style! His descriptions of the outdoors and his narritve style make you feel that you on on the hike yourself. This young man was searching for himself and I feel that he did in a strange way...
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Alsea Christmas Chair by June Reynolds

JAReynolds, December 14, 2007

This is a book about Oregon history. It tells the tale of how a holiday tradition gets started. In the process the reader learns about the diversity of cultures in the early Oregon days and how all the people accepted the many traditions to make a strong community. Good for 7th-12th graders and adults get a kick out of it too. Read it before they make the movie!
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