I spend a lot, a lot, a lot of time on the Web. Cathleen Schine lotspendtime Change image and share on social
I was one of those children they used to call 'readers.' Cathleen Schine callchildreader Change image and share on social
'Emma' is my favorite Jane Austen novel - one of my favorite novels period; a novel about intelligence outsmarting itself, about a complicated, nuanced, irresistible heroine who does everything wrong. Cathleen Schine austencomplicateemma Change image and share on social
I grew up reading books about heroic collies. Cathleen Schine bookcolliegrow Change image and share on social
Nathaniel Rich wrote 'Odds Against Tomorrow' well before Hurricane Sandy and its surge crashed onto the isle of Manhattan, well before the streets were flooded and the subways drowned, only the Goldman Sachs building sparkling above the darkened avenues. Cathleen Schine avenuebuildcrash share on social
A tenth of Dostoyevsky is plenty for a seventh grader, I think. Cathleen Schine dostoyevskygraderplenty Change image and share on social
'Blue Nights' is a story of loss: simple, wrenching, inconsolable loss. Cathleen Schine blueinconsolableloss Change image and share on social
There are no moral lectures in 'Lookaway, Lookaway;' there aren't even any lessons. But there is passion. It is a work that hides its craft but never its beauty, that is ambitious but never pretentious, that does not sacrifice nuance for power or power for nuance. Cathleen Schine ambitiousbeautycraft share on social
Women are in positions of power the most radical of activists could only dream of in 1960. Cathleen Schine activistdreamposition Change image and share on social
Alice Munro is not only revered, she is cherished, her stories handled lovingly, turned over and over, gazed at and studied and breathed in with something approaching awe. She has never, over the years, written the way any of her contemporaries have. Cathleen Schine aliceapproachawe share on social
