Plumfield and Paideia

I Am David

Reviewed by Sara Masarik
Once David successfully breaks free of the concentration camp, we realize that he has no memory of any life outside of the camp. He has no idea what cities look like, how normal people interact with each other, or what a beautiful mountainside looks like. Every experience is new and terrifying for him. His journey is a bit of a pilgrimage. And he is learning how to be human after only ever being a caged animal. In some haunting ways, he reminds me of Dr. Frankenstein’s monster - hiding in the woods, watching people in order to understand how to be really human. Read the full review

I'd Know You Anywhere, My Love

Reviewed by Diane Pendergraft
"With such entrancing paintings, Tillman needs fewer than 350 words to fashion a picture of a mother’s selfless love. This love holds its object close, but can allow wings to stretch when the time is right." Read the full review

The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

Reviewed by Sara Masarik
Oscar Wilde is a challenging writer. I think that he is most famous for three things: being openly and defiantly bi-sexual, The Picture of Dorian Grey, and this happy and delightfully funny little play, The Importance of Being Earnest. Because of his controversial and raucous personal life and his dark and disturbing Dorian Grey, I was genuinely uneasy about reading The Importance of Being Earnest. I was fearful that it would have themes that I found distasteful. It does not. Not really. In fact, it is English comedy at its best. Read the full review