What books shape your intellect?
April 26, 2009
If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Make time to read more books!
April 11, 2009
Check out these great ideas from Steve Leveen, founder of Levenger (the ultimate catalog for booklovers):
http://tinyurl.com/ddf6g6
What do you plan to read this year?
Writing assignments for modern literature class
March 22, 2008
Tricia asked me to share the “interesting writing assignments” I mentioned in my earlier post about the literature class I taught in conjunction with Gileskirk Modernity.
Here are a few examples:
* Poet Laureate Robert Southey wrote to Charlotte Brontë in 1837 that “literature cannot be the business of a woman’s life, and it [...]
My Book on F. Scott Fitzgerald
August 20, 2007
Someone left a comment asking for the title of my book about F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The original version was published in 1998 as F. Scott Fitzgerald A to Z and the revised and expanded edition was published this year as Critical Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Thanks for asking!
Mary Jo Tate
Literature selections for Gileskirk Modernity
July 23, 2007
Last year I taught a 9th-12th-grade literature class for our homeschool co-op. The selections were based primarily on the literature assignments in George Grant’s Gileskirk curriculum for Modernity, but I made a few changes.
In the first semester, I added Jane Eyre because I thought it would be a disgrace to graduate from high school without reading [...]
Children Are Not Commodities
July 22, 2007
Note: This is a slightly expanded version of my letter to the editor in response to a 4/29/07 article by the superintendent of a nearby public school district in north Mississippi.
In “School districts not unlike farming operations,” Steve Coker asserts: “Schools are complicated, sophisticated learning centers these days, a far cry from the old reading, [...]
Why Christians Should Read
July 20, 2007
I just read a great article on the importance of reading on the “Desiring God” website:
http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/731_on_reading/
It includes John Calvin’s thoughts about why Christians should read non-Christian authors as well as Christian authors.
Take a few minutes to read this excellent article, and leave a comment to let me know what you think!
Happy reading!
Mary [...]
Objectionable Material in Great Books of Antiquity
July 6, 2007
Last time I posted the reading list for my upcoming high school literature co-op class. All of these books are recommended in George Grant’s Gileskirk: Antiquity curriculum and/or Veritas Press’s Omnibus I, as well as almost every list of great books. Most of them contain some objectionable material.
All great literature involves conflict. (No conflict, no [...]
Ancient Literature
June 24, 2007
Last year my family joined a local classical Christian homeschooling co-op that meets once a week for tutorials. I taught the literature class for 9th-12th graders, and it was a wonderful experience. I hope to post more about last year’s class soon.
The co-op uses George Grant’s Gileskirk Humanities curriculum for grades 9-12, so [...]
What I Read in 2006
January 1, 2007
I read 46 books in 2006 (not counting several that I started but didn’t finish).
As always, this is an eclectic list (Hey, I’m the Eclectic Bibliophile, right?), including writing, editing, business, health, education, and classic and contemporary fiction.
Persuasion by Dave Lakhani
The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
The Accidental Millionaire by Stephanie Frank
What the Bible [...]
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Mary Jo Tate
