Revisions, How Our Favorite Books Change Us
Season 2
"High Vibrational Energy" reverberates throughout Charlie and Rachelle Luster's three faves: Charlotte's Web (White, 1952), People Could Fly (Hamilton, 1985) and Sting's Lyrics (2007).
"Stop, Think, Observe," Kathy Erskine defines her formula for success at any volume with Encyclopedia Brown (Arnold J. Sobol, 1963).
"When She Walks Into A Room," a 9-year-old Ms. China Hudson begins climbing the stairs of creative living with "Mother to Son" (Langston Hughes, 1922).
"Unaccustomed Earth," Mark Ciccone roots the meaning of life in The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham, 1944).
"Pickled In It," Jeff Hiller gets brined in Paul Monette's Becoming a Man (1992).
"I Wanted to Be a Cartoon Character," Billy Allen animates his journey from nursing major to library school, starting with Lean Mean Urkell Machine (Bonnie Worth, 1992).
"Pulling Down the Journals," Micaela Blei reaches for the past to decode the present with Arcadia (Tom Stoppard, 1993).
Season 3
"Two-headed Snakes and Legless Lizards," Lyra and Dara school Jen in reptilian anomalies (and other stuff!).
"Something Sings in that Silence," Ken Lamug colors in the framework for creating graphic novels with The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1943).
"A Safe Place to Hide Out," Willy Vlautin takes cover inside the pages of Cannery Row (John Steinbeck, 1945).
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