In the Classroom: Presenting Part II of The Arrival

In this post you will see a poem one of my students was inspired to write as we discussed the meaning of the balloon that dropped our hero into his strange new city. And also there is a podcast of today’s group presentations.

The Arrival: Presenting Part II at Edinger House

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You by Peter Cameron

“Neither young adult literature, nor even really a coming-of-age story, Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You is most surprisingly of all the subtlest September 11 novel yet written (if one can speak of the September 11 novel as a genre, and I think, with respect, that one can).” From Lorrie Moore’s review from The New York Review of Books.

Waiting for Lyra: Defining Daemons

Here’s a new promotional video from New Line. Thanks to Bridge to the Stars for the link.