The Secret of Life Too many readers and too many teachers approach a poem wanting to know its secret. Solve for X. Explain the mystery as if it were …
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By Heart: ‘California Hills in August’
Dear Boots, It's Awful Hot A friend of mine writes a column called Dear Boots, where she answers questions about Waco and Texas. The first one was …
By Heart: ‘Mother to Son’ by Langston Hughes
By Heart: 'Mother to Son' Right before Easter I walked into Bath & Body Works to see if they had any candles on sale, and they did not—everything …