(from Keith Law Twitter)
as someone who spent his formative years attending public schools in the '70s and '80s, Ray Bradbury was a familiar presence in many classroom anthologies as well as my own collection back home. I don't know if I have any one favorite, but along with Vonnegut, you could always count on them being around.
here is a reading of the short story I taught last year:
Burgess Meredith reads "There Will Come Soft Rains" --
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a neat piece re Bradbury and libraries: http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/06/all-of-my-friends-were-on-shelves-above.html
If you want to honor the memory of Ray Bradbury, don't eulogize him as a great science fiction writer, but as a great writer, period.* * * * *
as someone who spent his formative years attending public schools in the '70s and '80s, Ray Bradbury was a familiar presence in many classroom anthologies as well as my own collection back home. I don't know if I have any one favorite, but along with Vonnegut, you could always count on them being around.
here is a reading of the short story I taught last year:
Burgess Meredith reads "There Will Come Soft Rains" --
* * * * *
a neat piece re Bradbury and libraries: http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/06/all-of-my-friends-were-on-shelves-above.html
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