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A Richness of Characters: The Fiction of Amy Greene

A Richness of Characters: The Fiction of Amy Greene A RICHNESS OF CHARACTERS: THE FICTION OF AMY GREENE _______________ Joseph M. Schuster I was, I think, four the first time I remember trying to read something. My father was in the living room reading the Sunday newspaper and on the page he was looking at was a large photograph of the moon. I have no recollection why there would be a story centered on the moon at that particular time. The Apollo 11 landing was still roughly a dozen years in the future. Perhaps the article was connected in some way with Sputnik, the satellite that the Soviet Union launched in 1, 579 or perhaps it was just a Sunday science feature on astronomy. What I do have a clear memory of is this: I asked my father about the picture and he put me on his lap and pointed to the word “moon” in the caption for the photograph, tracing his finger under the four letters, and explaining to me the sounds the letters made—“mmm,” “ooo,” “nnn,” “mmmoooonnn,” “moon”—and then tell- ing me to repeat the sounds. More than fifty years later, I don’t recall much about the process of learning to read further. I remember primers http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

A Richness of Characters: The Fiction of Amy Greene

Schuster, Joseph M.
Appalachian Review , Volume 41 (4) – Oct 20, 2013
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A RICHNESS OF CHARACTERS: THE FICTION OF AMY GREENE _______________ Joseph M. Schuster I was, I think, four the first time I remember trying to read something. My father was in the living room reading the Sunday newspaper and on the page he was looking at was a large photograph of the moon. I have no recollection why there would be a story centered on the moon at that particular time. The Apollo 11 landing was still roughly a dozen years in the future. Perhaps the article was connected in some way with Sputnik, the satellite that the Soviet Union launched in 1, 579 or perhaps it was just a Sunday science feature on astronomy. What I do have a clear memory of is this: I asked my father about the picture and he put me on his lap and pointed to the word “moon” in the caption for the photograph, tracing his finger under the four letters, and explaining to me the sounds the letters made—“mmm,” “ooo,” “nnn,” “mmmoooonnn,” “moon”—and then tell- ing me to repeat the sounds. More than fifty years later, I don’t recall much about the process of learning to read further. I remember primers

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Published: Oct 20, 2013

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