The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Laraine Herring
“That’s the power of art, I think. It is transformative. It can love us all back home.”
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Posts Tagged: beverly cleary
Ramona Quimby All Grown Up
Beverly Cleary guided generations of girls and boys alike through the rocky, messy, color- and dream-filled days of childhood with her long-running Ramona series, which manages to stay at the forefront of the children’s literary scene even fifty years after the release of its first installment in 1955. Ruth Graham at Slate wants us to remember that […]
...moreA Life with Ramona
Beverly Cleary has been held in high esteem in the minds of just-blooming young readers for generations. But that does not mean that her writing isn’t valuable in deciphering adult struggles too: With all the worries we have as adults, it’s natural to look at childhood as idyllic and worry-free and it’s far too easy […]
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