Literature - The Curator Magazine (Page 4)

The Danger of Reading

Aug 28, 2019 5 min read Book Reviews Literature

[The following story was originally published in March of 2016] My family owns a book I will never read. Actually, we own more than one book that I’ll likely not take time

Prepare Yourself

Aug 21, 2019 7 min read Humanity Literature

“There was so much blood!” The urologist is downright gleeful. “The nurses were totally freaked out!” This is in hindsight, and he wasn’t even there. He heard the story second-hand, after being

Pokémon Made Me a Writer

Jul 10, 2019 5 min read Humanity Literature

I was nine years old. With one more birthday, I would be old enough to start my quest and chase down my lofty dream of becoming a Pokémon master. (In that world, ten-year-olds

[From the Archives:] I Know What You Read Last Summer

Jun 11, 2019 5 min read Literature

[The following essay was originally published at the end of summer, back in 2014, but as you prepare to head to the beach in the next couple of months with a book at

There’s a New Door to Narnia, and the Children Want In

Apr 10, 2019 4 min read Literature

I often share some detail or story from my day early in the family’s dinner conversation. I’ll just announce it to see if the kids find it intriguing. “I heard something