Driving down backed-up Lancaster Dr. today, we made our way to Borders so I could buy some Chekov and Beckett short stories, and then to JOE’s (when did they take off the G.I.?) to return a Portland State shirt my mother didn’t know I already owned. I bought a black Nike t-shirt that says, [...]
Entries from December 2007
December 20, 2007
Chesil Beach and My All-Time Favorite Movie
When a newly married couple attempts to consummate their marriage in early 1960’s England at Chesil Beach, the unsaid is said along its shores and Florence leaves her eight hour old husband, Edward. Ian McEwan’s short novel Chesil Beach delineates the pre-counter-culture movement between the young couple and their indelible past.
McEwan is a master [...]
December 18, 2007
When Crickets Cry
I went looking for an award winning book of Christian fiction and found Charles Martin’s When Crickets Cry. I couldn’t believe I’d never heard of him before. I even went to Powell’s and didn’t find his books in the shelves. I found a voice I didn’t know I was looking for. [...]
