Last week, I posted some Halloween-related literature questions to test your knowledge. Now that the happy holiday has arrived, so have the answers: 1. In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, what kind of animal/creature was Shelob? Giant spider (also acceptable: spider; evil in the form of a spider) 2. In Washington Irving’s The [...]
Monthly Archives — October 2008
"Bewitching" Books
I live in Massachusetts, just north of Boston and a quick car ride away from Salem. With Halloween two days away, it’s hard not to get caught up in the season. I also got an Amazon.com gift certificate in the mail yesterday, which was destined to be used within 24 hours – I just don’t [...]
"And again, the night would be long"
“To read it is to lose one’s own innocence about the Holocaust all over again.” – Ruth Franklin, New Republic review of Night Tonight, at Boston University, as a part of the university’s celebration in honor of Elie Wiesel’s 80th birthday, Wiesel will give his annual plenary lecture, this year on Kristallnacht. (Tickets are sold [...]
