Tag: autobiography

“When your King gave me medal and diploma, two forms should have stood, one at either side of me, an old woman sinking into the infirmity of age and a young man’s ghost.”

A review of “The Autobiography of William Butler Yeats” in 100 words by Catherine Stover

When W. B. Yeats accepted the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923, he began his speech with lines that sounded Shakespearian. But they weren’t. In his autobiography, he describes giving his lecture without notes, … Read More

“Not a week goes by without my telling a lie, but I suppose that is the same for most people.”

Under what circumstances do you lie?  This book shows how our tendencies to lie can be influenced by the culture we live in.  Kyoko Mori describes situations in her home country of Japan, where it’s more important to be polite than honest, especially with people who have authority over you.  … Read More