When Martha Nell Smith was a child, she was given a book called The Golden Treasury of Poetry. “I was a nerdy kid, I liked to read,” the 72-year-old academic says, adding, “I also liked to play. I was ...
This essay is part a series by Father Stayer, a professor of English at Loyola University Chicago, reflecting on essential works of writing, art and music. In his weekly interview with writers, Scott ...