{"id":83186,"date":"2023-02-13T15:39:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T23:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/?p=83186"},"modified":"2023-12-01T15:04:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T23:04:03","slug":"books-we-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/books-we-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Books we Love!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-7xpm4s2-9314cce52bd34b616a698479ad8703a9\">\n.avia-section.av-7xpm4s2-9314cce52bd34b616a698479ad8703a9{\nbackground-color:#f3f3f3;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1' aria-label='SOU English Stories - Blog Roll Template - Intro Section' class='avia-section av-7xpm4s2-9314cce52bd34b616a698479ad8703a9 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_submenu  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' 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class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3cysdf-6c69f0762c1f734ce415c06a901b6f7e\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3cysdf-6c69f0762c1f734ce415c06a901b6f7e .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3cysdf-6c69f0762c1f734ce415c06a901b6f7e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>February 13, 2023<br \/>\nBy Jewel Blanchard, Senior English Major<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3d2o8a-c1dc4b22ce98978ac94ffadc438bfd03\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3d2o8a-c1dc4b22ce98978ac94ffadc438bfd03 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3d2o8a-c1dc4b22ce98978ac94ffadc438bfd03 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>With Valentine\u2019s Day upon us, we can all reflect on what we love in our lives, and the English Program faculty has done no different. In this Q&amp;A-style interview, Dr. Margaret Perrow, Dr. Diana Maltz, and Dr. Alma Rosa Alvarez all discuss the books they love, from their \u201cfirst loves\u201d to those special books who have stood the test of time!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"heavy-man\">Jewel Blanchard (JB):<\/span> Tell us about the first book you fell in love with. How old were you, and why did you fall in love?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"heavy-man\">Margaret Perrow (MP):<\/span> I think the first book I fell in love with\u2014at least, as an independent reader\u2014was Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. I must have been about 10 years old, and I both identified with Harriet (she was nerdy, sturdy, writerly, and intrepid), and envied her for things I knew nothing about (she lived in New York City and was able to maneuver in an environment full of apartments with dumbwaiters, rooftop skylights, and busy city streets). Harriet was observant and crafty (despite wearing a red sweatshirt), and she had a notebook that she took everywhere along with her signature tomato sandwiches. To this day, I think affectionately of Harriet as I assemble my regular cheese-and-lettuce sandwich in the morning. I think it was that combination of connection to a character I identified with, while being different from her in some fundamental ways that stretched me, that made me fall in love with Harriet for a lifetime.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3ei7ij-ad0e972aaf45565bc54484572a28fe86\">\n.avia-image-container.av-le3ei7ij-ad0e972aaf45565bc54484572a28fe86 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-le3ei7ij-ad0e972aaf45565bc54484572a28fe86 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-le3ei7ij-ad0e972aaf45565bc54484572a28fe86 av-styling-no-styling avia-align-  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Harriet-the-Spy-cover-SOU-English-Program.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Harriet-the-Spy-cover-SOU-English-Program-300x114.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Harriet-the-Spy-cover-SOU-English-Program-1030x392.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Harriet-the-Spy-cover-SOU-English-Program-768x292.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Harriet-the-Spy-cover-SOU-English-Program-705x268.webp 705w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Harriet-the-Spy-cover-SOU-English-Program-845x321.webp 845w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Harriet-the-Spy-cover-SOU-English-Program.jpg\" height=\"457\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Harriet-the-Spy-cover-SOU-English-Program.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Harriet-the-Spy-cover-SOU-English-Program-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Harriet-the-Spy-cover-SOU-English-Program-1030x392.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Harriet-the-Spy-cover-SOU-English-Program-768x292.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Harriet-the-Spy-cover-SOU-English-Program-705x268.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Harriet-the-Spy-cover-SOU-English-Program-845x321.jpg 845w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-83215 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-83215 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Harriet the Spy cover SOU English Program\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3d3fqx-906d125d5da687c529f8045da419865e\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3d3fqx-906d125d5da687c529f8045da419865e .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3d3fqx-906d125d5da687c529f8045da419865e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>Pictured above: &#8220;Harriet the Spy&#8221; book cover. Text reads: Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. The zany adventures of a child spy. A Dell Yearling Book.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3d4onz-61b3f9d6b3c87dce6613ad874398826b\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3d4onz-61b3f9d6b3c87dce6613ad874398826b .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:26px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3d4onz-61b3f9d6b3c87dce6613ad874398826b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock rising-quote av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><blockquote>\n<p class=\"dig-4\" style=\"text-align: left\"><em>&#8220;I think it was that combination of connection to a character I identified with, while being different from her in some fundamental ways that stretched me, that made me fall in love with Harriet for a lifetime&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"pop-8\" style=\"font-size: 0.6em;text-align: right\">\u2013 Margaret Perrow<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3d5ky6-96e86b4e063cda18adf46e7c5c5ffdf7\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3d5ky6-96e86b4e063cda18adf46e7c5c5ffdf7 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3d5ky6-96e86b4e063cda18adf46e7c5c5ffdf7 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">Diana Maltz (DM):<\/span> I remember being very young \u2013 I may not even have been able to read yet\u2014 and loving a book that my parents\u2019 friends gave me as a gift. It was an edition of one of Hans Christian Andersen\u2019s fairy tales and it was produced in the 1960s in Japan. The cover was a holograph and the illustrations were 3-D images of puppets. It was really mesmerizing. I think this kind of technology in book production was revolutionary at the time. I bought the book on e-bay a few years ago so I could look at it again.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4f7285u-2e4ae32febea4aff819b8e7e4740ff0c\">\n.avia-image-container.av-4f7285u-2e4ae32febea4aff819b8e7e4740ff0c img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-4f7285u-2e4ae32febea4aff819b8e7e4740ff0c .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-4f7285u-2e4ae32febea4aff819b8e7e4740ff0c av-styling-no-styling avia-align-  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  pop-20'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Second-Photo-in-Article.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Second-Photo-in-Article-300x100.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Second-Photo-in-Article-1030x343.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Second-Photo-in-Article-768x256.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Second-Photo-in-Article-705x235.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Second-Photo-in-Article.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Second-Photo-in-Article.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Second-Photo-in-Article-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Second-Photo-in-Article-1030x343.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Second-Photo-in-Article-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Second-Photo-in-Article-705x235.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-83209 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-83209 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"The Little Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Anderson a Golden Book\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3d6rp1-a842936919e6991a74573f69fb12cd0a\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3d6rp1-a842936919e6991a74573f69fb12cd0a .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3d6rp1-a842936919e6991a74573f69fb12cd0a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>Pictured Above: &#8220;The Little Tin Soldier&#8221; book cover, with the 3-D shifting illustration. Image via Nishikata Film Review. Text reads: &#8220;The Little Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Anderson; a Golden Book.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3ll8102-35583b21fdc51502e7c4556854fdb661\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-3ll8102-35583b21fdc51502e7c4556854fdb661 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-3ll8102-35583b21fdc51502e7c4556854fdb661 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">Alma Rosa Alvarez (AA):<\/span> The first book I fell in love with was Hurray for the City. I am sure it was one of those Little Golden books. I remember being five or six. I was just learning English. I loved that book because it described all the cool stuff that happens in a city, from the construction of buildings to people swarming the streets. Even today, so long as I am not stuck in traffic, I love the movement and vibrancy in cities. I felt like the excitement the narrator had for the city was contagious.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"heavy-man\">JB:<\/span> Tell us about a book you\u2019re &#8220;crushing on&#8221;- a book you have your eye on and might be curious or excited to read.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"heavy-man\">MP:<\/span> I can&#8217;t wait to read Sarah Nuttall&#8217;s Entanglement: Literary and Cultural Reflections on Post-Apartheid. Nuttall is a professor of literary and cultural studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her work explores the intersection of contradictory (but interdependent) forces such as media, literature, politics, xenophobia, violence, and hope. I&#8217;m especially interested in how such forces manifest in contemporary South African literature. I actually think my interest in this literary lens may be traced back to Harriet the Spy, and her keen desire to know human experience from multiple perspectives different from my own.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-31isnki-051208c80963fe9bbc9ab8ea30516ef0\">\n.avia-image-container.av-31isnki-051208c80963fe9bbc9ab8ea30516ef0 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-31isnki-051208c80963fe9bbc9ab8ea30516ef0 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-31isnki-051208c80963fe9bbc9ab8ea30516ef0 av-styling-no-styling avia-align-  avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  pop-20'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Third-Photo-in-Article.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Third-Photo-in-Article-300x100.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Third-Photo-in-Article-1030x343.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Third-Photo-in-Article-768x256.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Third-Photo-in-Article-705x235.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Third-Photo-in-Article.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Third-Photo-in-Article.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Third-Photo-in-Article-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Third-Photo-in-Article-1030x343.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Third-Photo-in-Article-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Third-Photo-in-Article-705x235.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-83200 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-83200 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Entaglement Literary and cultural reflections on post-apartheid Sarah Nuttall\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3dastj-c31ed6f81e577bcc04d1ea6496ae525e\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3dastj-c31ed6f81e577bcc04d1ea6496ae525e .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3dastj-c31ed6f81e577bcc04d1ea6496ae525e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>Pictured above: Entanglement book cover. Image via Amazon.com. Text reads: &#8220;Entanglement; Literary and cultural reflections on post-apartheid; Sarah Nuttall.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3dbk0f-d3ca3148248f93e7f6bf600c0ace3623\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3dbk0f-d3ca3148248f93e7f6bf600c0ace3623 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3dbk0f-d3ca3148248f93e7f6bf600c0ace3623 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">DM:<\/span> In my Irish literature class, I teach The Wonder by Emma Donoghue (which was just made into a movie starring Florence Pugh this year). Donoghue has a new novel out called The Haven. In the 6th century, a priest and two monks row to a small island guided by a dream that the priest has had to begin a new monastery there. They encounter a very harsh, unforgiving landscape and the young monk is stretched between his realization of how dangerous this is and his obedience to the priest and the faith. Every review of the book says you can\u2019t put it down.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2nl6yeq-69b7aec550255d82b34e6892fb93d3e7\">\n.avia-image-container.av-2nl6yeq-69b7aec550255d82b34e6892fb93d3e7 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-2nl6yeq-69b7aec550255d82b34e6892fb93d3e7 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-2nl6yeq-69b7aec550255d82b34e6892fb93d3e7 av-styling-no-styling avia-align-  avia-builder-el-20  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  pop-20'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fourth-Photo-in-Article.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fourth-Photo-in-Article-300x100.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fourth-Photo-in-Article-1030x343.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fourth-Photo-in-Article-768x256.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fourth-Photo-in-Article-705x235.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fourth-Photo-in-Article.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fourth-Photo-in-Article.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fourth-Photo-in-Article-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fourth-Photo-in-Article-1030x343.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fourth-Photo-in-Article-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fourth-Photo-in-Article-705x235.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-83201 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-83201 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"the Wonder Emma Donoghue Powerful, compulsively readable - Irish Times\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3dct6k-6569bcf9207a1c94fb043109b1242c60\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3dct6k-6569bcf9207a1c94fb043109b1242c60 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3dct6k-6569bcf9207a1c94fb043109b1242c60 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>Pictured above: The Wonder book cover. Image via Goodreads. Text reads: &#8220;the Wonder; &#8216;Powerful, compulsively readable&#8217; -Irish Times; Emma Donoghue.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3ddy4r-2e0e171312d19c40027237395f07df3d\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3ddy4r-2e0e171312d19c40027237395f07df3d .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3ddy4r-2e0e171312d19c40027237395f07df3d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">AA:<\/span> I am &#8220;crushing&#8221; on Violence Girl by Alice Bag. Alice Bag was the singer of an L.A. punk band called the Bags. My husband really enjoyed reading about how this Mexican American woman, Alicia &#8220;Alice&#8221; Armendariz becomes part of the L.A. punk scene. He read me some passages from her memoir, and I thought, I want to know more about this bad-ass woman. This will be the book I read as soon as summer starts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-27x711u-f3c83557c29c2aa24a4557fcf6b02900\">\n.avia-image-container.av-27x711u-f3c83557c29c2aa24a4557fcf6b02900 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-27x711u-f3c83557c29c2aa24a4557fcf6b02900 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-27x711u-f3c83557c29c2aa24a4557fcf6b02900 av-styling-no-styling avia-align-  avia-builder-el-23  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  pop-20'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fifth-Photo-in-Article.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fifth-Photo-in-Article-300x100.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fifth-Photo-in-Article-1030x343.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fifth-Photo-in-Article-768x256.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fifth-Photo-in-Article-705x235.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fifth-Photo-in-Article.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fifth-Photo-in-Article.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fifth-Photo-in-Article-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fifth-Photo-in-Article-1030x343.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fifth-Photo-in-Article-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Fifth-Photo-in-Article-705x235.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-83202 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-83202 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"East L.A. Rage To Hollywood Stage A Chicana Punk Story Violence Girl by Alice Bag\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3dfhwt-44ec8db774f67761db15514e87b0424d\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3dfhwt-44ec8db774f67761db15514e87b0424d .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3dfhwt-44ec8db774f67761db15514e87b0424d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>Pictured above: Violence Girl book cover. Image via Vinyl2books. Text reads: &#8220;&#8216;Alice Bag\u2026 paved the way for an entire generation of female musicians. Inspired by her ferocious performance style, her confrontational, provocative attitude and of course, her great and powerful music&#8217; &#8211; Network Awesome; East L.A. Rage to Hollywood Stage &#8211; A Chicana punk story; Violence Girl Alice Bag.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3dgwif-79c8694b07a99d7619ae606dd6f9ab60\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3dgwif-79c8694b07a99d7619ae606dd6f9ab60 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3dgwif-79c8694b07a99d7619ae606dd6f9ab60 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">JB:<\/span> Tell us about a book that you&#8217;ve recently been enamored with? Why?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"heavy-man\">MP:<\/span> Over winter break, I read and loved Hamnet by Maggie O&#8217;Farrell. Her writing captures inner thought so beautifully, and I couldn&#8217;t put the book down till the final (perfect!) scene.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1s2gwk2-a84d155d7ee3a0aee1c4a05eee3e0861\">\n.avia-image-container.av-1s2gwk2-a84d155d7ee3a0aee1c4a05eee3e0861 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-1s2gwk2-a84d155d7ee3a0aee1c4a05eee3e0861 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-1s2gwk2-a84d155d7ee3a0aee1c4a05eee3e0861 av-styling-no-styling avia-align-  avia-builder-el-26  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  pop-20'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/sixth-Photo-in-Article.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/sixth-Photo-in-Article-300x100.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/sixth-Photo-in-Article-1030x343.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/sixth-Photo-in-Article-768x256.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/sixth-Photo-in-Article-705x235.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/sixth-Photo-in-Article.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/sixth-Photo-in-Article.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/sixth-Photo-in-Article-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/sixth-Photo-in-Article-1030x343.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/sixth-Photo-in-Article-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/sixth-Photo-in-Article-705x235.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-83203 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-83203 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Hamnet by Maggie O&#039;Farrell &#039;A rare talent to enthrall&#039; - The Sunday Times\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3dhzfs-ad015f28341169c1ce63fd107504d74f\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3dhzfs-ad015f28341169c1ce63fd107504d74f .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3dhzfs-ad015f28341169c1ce63fd107504d74f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>Pictured above: Hamnet book cover. Image by Jen Campbell, via TOAST magazine. Text reads: &#8220;Hamnet; Maggie O&#8217;Farrell; &#8216;A rare talent to enthrall&#8217; &#8211; The Sunday Times.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-13w5ggi-407f7a5ae674dd4a1bff17e46ad83959\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-13w5ggi-407f7a5ae674dd4a1bff17e46ad83959 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-13w5ggi-407f7a5ae674dd4a1bff17e46ad83959 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">DM:<\/span> I just completed a recent novel by Rosie Garland called The Night Brother. It takes place in Manchester, England in the 1880s. Each night, Edie, the daughter of a pub owner, goes to bed and her brother Gnome awakens in her place and has his own adventures. The narration moves back and forth between their voices, as each wants control of this body. The book is provocative in its treatment of gender identity and reminds me a little of historical novels by Sarah Waters.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2h0pkxe-c2f1cab53c699909fe8f20ec947d5c9e\">\n.avia-image-container.av-2h0pkxe-c2f1cab53c699909fe8f20ec947d5c9e img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-2h0pkxe-c2f1cab53c699909fe8f20ec947d5c9e .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-2h0pkxe-c2f1cab53c699909fe8f20ec947d5c9e av-styling-no-styling avia-align-  avia-builder-el-29  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  pop-20'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Seventh-Photo-in-Article.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Seventh-Photo-in-Article-300x100.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Seventh-Photo-in-Article-1030x343.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Seventh-Photo-in-Article-768x256.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Seventh-Photo-in-Article-705x235.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Seventh-Photo-in-Article.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Seventh-Photo-in-Article.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Seventh-Photo-in-Article-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Seventh-Photo-in-Article-1030x343.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Seventh-Photo-in-Article-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Seventh-Photo-in-Article-705x235.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-83204 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-83204 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"The Night Brother by Rosie Garland\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3dklbt-7bcaf423956a6261c6df3a5bf05e368f\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3dklbt-7bcaf423956a6261c6df3a5bf05e368f .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3dklbt-7bcaf423956a6261c6df3a5bf05e368f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>Pictured above: The Night Brother book cover. Image by Eric Karl Anderson via the Lonesome Reader. Text reads: &#8220;The Night Brother; Rosie Garland; &#8216;A tumble of poetry, desire, and passion\u2026 intriguing and delicious&#8217; &#8211; Stella Duffy.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3dlt0o-ed8fb71e9f3f0aeee2e5f1594f41b8a1\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3dlt0o-ed8fb71e9f3f0aeee2e5f1594f41b8a1 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3dlt0o-ed8fb71e9f3f0aeee2e5f1594f41b8a1 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">AA:<\/span> More recently I really enjoyed reading Obit by Victoria Chang, for the second time. It may seem morbid, but I like the ways she describes the death of ordinary things as well as the death of people (figuratively\u2014like how a person becomes a different person with dementia or after a stroke\u2014and literally, when a person passes). One of her poems has the following lines: &#8220;My Mother\u2019s Teeth\u2014died twice, once in 1965, all pulled out from gum disease. Once again on August 3, 2015. The fake teeth sit in a box in the garage. When she died, I touched them, smelled them, thought I heard a whimper.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1wls3si-24994bcd9b0b0050dbd5d161da36db80\">\n.avia-image-container.av-1wls3si-24994bcd9b0b0050dbd5d161da36db80 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-1wls3si-24994bcd9b0b0050dbd5d161da36db80 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-1wls3si-24994bcd9b0b0050dbd5d161da36db80 av-styling-no-styling avia-align-  avia-builder-el-32  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  pop-20'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eigth-Photo-in-Article.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eigth-Photo-in-Article-300x100.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eigth-Photo-in-Article-1030x343.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eigth-Photo-in-Article-768x256.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eigth-Photo-in-Article-705x235.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eigth-Photo-in-Article.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eigth-Photo-in-Article.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eigth-Photo-in-Article-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eigth-Photo-in-Article-1030x343.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eigth-Photo-in-Article-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eigth-Photo-in-Article-705x235.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-83205 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-83205 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Obit by Victoria Chang - Poems\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3dms8q-855cd8b430d990528b84d88afb99dfd0\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3dms8q-855cd8b430d990528b84d88afb99dfd0 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3dms8q-855cd8b430d990528b84d88afb99dfd0 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>Pictured above: Obit book cover. Image via Amazon.com. Text reads: &#8220;Obit; Victoria Chang; Poems.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3dnvgy-7a523bab1d4b46ee4ad1909825d51f84\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3dnvgy-7a523bab1d4b46ee4ad1909825d51f84 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3dnvgy-7a523bab1d4b46ee4ad1909825d51f84 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">JB:<\/span> Tell us about a book that has stood the test of time, which you\u2019ve loved throughout the years!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"heavy-man\">MP:<\/span> That&#8217;s a hard one because there are so many books I return to again and again&#8230; As an example, Irish poet Seamus Heaney&#8217;s collection Death of a Naturalist keeps drawing me back in. Heaney won the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Death of a Naturalist was published in 1966, just four years after I was born, but the poems in that little volume seem timeless to me, especially in light of our awareness of climate change today.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1jrng1e-40079d281a1fad6332729dde0d9db7f4\">\n.avia-image-container.av-1jrng1e-40079d281a1fad6332729dde0d9db7f4 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-1jrng1e-40079d281a1fad6332729dde0d9db7f4 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-1jrng1e-40079d281a1fad6332729dde0d9db7f4 av-styling-no-styling avia-align-  avia-builder-el-35  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  pop-20'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Ninth-Photo-in-Article.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Ninth-Photo-in-Article-300x100.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Ninth-Photo-in-Article-1030x343.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Ninth-Photo-in-Article-768x256.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Ninth-Photo-in-Article-705x235.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Ninth-Photo-in-Article.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Ninth-Photo-in-Article.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Ninth-Photo-in-Article-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Ninth-Photo-in-Article-1030x343.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Ninth-Photo-in-Article-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Ninth-Photo-in-Article-705x235.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-83206 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-83206 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Seamus Heaney - Death of a Naturalist\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3dom6s-fc480365e50fc0d99fd722e993d588ed\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3dom6s-fc480365e50fc0d99fd722e993d588ed .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3dom6s-fc480365e50fc0d99fd722e993d588ed '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>Pictured above: Death of a Naturalist book cover. Image via Amazon.com. Text Reads: &#8220;Seamus Heaney; Death of a Naturalist.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3dpwmt-550db5832380f63fec632aba5dbfa350\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3dpwmt-550db5832380f63fec632aba5dbfa350 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3dpwmt-550db5832380f63fec632aba5dbfa350 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">DM:<\/span> This is probably the hardest question of the bunch. I have so many books that I love. A stand-by is a novel written in 1913-14 called Sinister Street by the English writer Compton MacKenzie. It has a little of everything: it is a university novel, an aesthetic novel about discovering taste and beauty, a novel about learning one\u2019s origins (as the main character is illegitimate), a novel about religious faith, and, in places, a slum novel (hence the title). It even has a &#8216;fallen&#8217; woman whom the protagonist knew as an adolescent; he searches all over London for her in order to help her. It is over 800 pages long, so I like to dip into it on a random page and get lost in it every now and then. A fun fact: MacKenzie liked the novel\u2019s characters so much that he carried some over into later novels.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-zswyk2-9da6a18afafe0ed352be5cd0f6e96334\">\n.avia-image-container.av-zswyk2-9da6a18afafe0ed352be5cd0f6e96334 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-zswyk2-9da6a18afafe0ed352be5cd0f6e96334 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-zswyk2-9da6a18afafe0ed352be5cd0f6e96334 av-styling-no-styling avia-align-  avia-builder-el-38  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  pop-20'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Tenth-Photo-in-Article.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Tenth-Photo-in-Article-300x100.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Tenth-Photo-in-Article-1030x343.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Tenth-Photo-in-Article-768x256.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Tenth-Photo-in-Article-705x235.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Tenth-Photo-in-Article.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Tenth-Photo-in-Article.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Tenth-Photo-in-Article-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Tenth-Photo-in-Article-1030x343.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Tenth-Photo-in-Article-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Tenth-Photo-in-Article-705x235.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-83207 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-83207 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Sinister Street by Compton MacKenzie Volumes 1 and 2\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3dqu5z-3067df9d52f720668360a5aa589e5f6c\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3dqu5z-3067df9d52f720668360a5aa589e5f6c .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3dqu5z-3067df9d52f720668360a5aa589e5f6c '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>Pictured above: Sinister Street book cover. Image via Amazon. Text reads: &#8220;Compton MacKenzie; Sinister Street; (Vol.1&amp;2).&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3dspz6-659c23811064609997f88b2f60e2b088\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3dspz6-659c23811064609997f88b2f60e2b088 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3dspz6-659c23811064609997f88b2f60e2b088 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">AA:<\/span> One of the books that has stood the test of time is Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya. I have an emotional connection to this book. It was the first Chicano book I ever read. I remember crying while I was reading it, back in the day, because up until that point, I had never read something representing our cultural experience. Revisiting it now, I am able to more clearly see some problematic gender representations. However, the inquisitive nature of the protagonist, the nobility of Ultima the folk healer, and the descriptions of the New Mexico landscapes make it a winner for me.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jehdxu-7fc356a07064cb5ecc866baa9a21ea84\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jehdxu-7fc356a07064cb5ecc866baa9a21ea84 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jehdxu-7fc356a07064cb5ecc866baa9a21ea84 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jehdxu-7fc356a07064cb5ecc866baa9a21ea84 av-styling-no-styling avia-align-  avia-builder-el-41  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  pop-20'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eleventh-Photo-in-Article-2.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eleventh-Photo-in-Article-2-300x100.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eleventh-Photo-in-Article-2-1030x343.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eleventh-Photo-in-Article-2-768x256.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eleventh-Photo-in-Article-2-705x235.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eleventh-Photo-in-Article-2.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eleventh-Photo-in-Article-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eleventh-Photo-in-Article-2-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eleventh-Photo-in-Article-2-1030x343.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eleventh-Photo-in-Article-2-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/Eleventh-Photo-in-Article-2-705x235.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-83198 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-83198 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"The Classic by Rudolfo Anaya Author of Alburquerque Bless Me, Ultima &quot;One of the Nation&#039;s Foremost Chicano Literary Artists.&quot; -Denver Post\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3dtr45-0f9f97d5fc103b91f7a70ab38306204d\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3dtr45-0f9f97d5fc103b91f7a70ab38306204d .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3dtr45-0f9f97d5fc103b91f7a70ab38306204d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>Pictured above: Bless Me, Ultima book cover. Image via Wikipedia. Text reads: &#8220;The classic by Rudolfo Anaya; Author of Albuquerque; Bless Me, Ultima; &#8216;One of the nation\u2019s foremost Chicano literary artists&#8217; -Denver Post.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-le3dv5cy-cbd8f6810e1179a7a46533b9ef2e9f62\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-le3dv5cy-cbd8f6810e1179a7a46533b9ef2e9f62 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:26px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le3dv5cy-cbd8f6810e1179a7a46533b9ef2e9f62 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock rising-quote av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><blockquote>\n<p class=\"dig-4\" style=\"text-align: left\"><em>&#8220;I remember crying while I was reading it, back in the day, because up until that point, I had never read something representing our cultural experience.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"pop-8\" style=\"font-size: 0.6em;text-align: right\">\u2013 Alma Rosa Alvarez<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-oe1pzm-1fd50faa87f437d5dc47bdb1e98b1286\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-oe1pzm-1fd50faa87f437d5dc47bdb1e98b1286 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-oe1pzm-1fd50faa87f437d5dc47bdb1e98b1286 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><hr class=\"top-30\" \/>\n<p>Interested in being featured on the English Program blog? 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