Harold K. Bush
Harold K. Bush teaches at Saint Louis University and is the author of Continuing Bonds with the Dead: Parental Grief and Nineteenth-Century Authors (University of Alabama Press).
Stories from a glacier-shaped landscape
If you’re new to Rick Bass’s edgy, glorious, and often brutal settings, this collection is a perfect place to start.
by Harold K. Bush
December 20, 2016
Salinger, by David Shields and Shane Salerno
For a large percentage of students, Salinger can still pack a tremendous punch, and he still connects with the spiritual seeker inclinations that are common among university students.
reviewed by Harold K. Bush
May 6, 2014
Travels with Dan Brown
I find Dan Brown's use of the word fact charming. Fact: I'm powerless to say precisely what he means by it.
by Harold K. Bush
September 8, 2013
The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg
Charles Duhigg's book will remind readers of Malcolm Gladwell's best work. It represents the best "popular brain science" genre can offer.
reviewed by Harold K. Bush
March 24, 2013
Why Read Moby-Dick? by Nathaniel Philbrick
The title of Nathaniel Philbrick’s slim new meditation foregrounds the questions at the heart of every assignment made by every English teacher: Why read this book? Or that book? For that matter, why do we assign reading in the first place?
reviewed by Harold K. Bush
May 31, 2012
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