BiblioFiles #98: Bibliotherapy
Has Missy found her life’s calling? Having just discovered the field of “bibliotherapy,” the CenterForLit crew explores the medicinal properties of literature and their connection to the nature and purpose of the art.
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Referenced Works:
– 30 Poems to Memorize (Before It’s Too Late), edited by David Kern
– “A Book for Every Ailment” by Catherine Hong (Real Simple Magazine)
– The Novel Cure: An A to Z of Literary Remedies by Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin
– The Iliad by Homer
– The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
– A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
– Thank you, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
– Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
– Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
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