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Class Rhymes

Lynn Steger Strong
Nov 25, 2025
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For our last class on Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping this semester, my undergrads and I looked closely at the beginning, middle, and end. As I think I’ve mentioned, I’m obsessed with middles. I’m obsessed with only really seeing and understanding all the various moving parts of a novel once you go back in. The extraordinary pleasure of the book not j…

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