LitPark
LitPark
We have bookshelves throughout our house. And there are books on tabletops, on the corner of the couch, and beside the cereal boxes. But our favorite books typically end up in the living room, on the shelves on either side of the fireplace.
On my side (the …
The big reader in my family was my mother; and from the beginning, I coveted her shelves full of D. H. Lawrence, Flannery O’Conner, James Baldwin. Before I was even aware of the ways writing could be categorized, I was steeping myself in literary fiction, and a love of character and phrasing over plot.
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Tell me something about your bookshelf. (Those are my books on the left, by the way. Mr. H’s are on the right.)
Are the books alphabetized, borrowed, stolen, sitting sideways? Is your bookshelf stocked with literary fiction, thrillers, memoirs? And how is it different from your lover’s bookshelf?
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Sometimes my mom sends me packages filled with old photos or Most Improved ribbons or other things she finds around the house that she thinks I’ll want back. Earlier this year, she sent me a letter my grandmother sent to her in 1978.
Here’s a photo that was included in the letter. Can …
