Addicted to Print Reading Lists

Below are the books Gary Draper has referred to in each of his six lectures. Gary has asked that the lists appear following each lecture, so please return here each week for an updated list. 

Feb 27, 2025 - Beginning

Every reader has a starting point, or a constellation of them. It can be illuminating to look at our earliest texts: where we found them and what they gave us.
LIST OF WORKS DISCUSSED OR REFERENCED IN TODAY’S LECTURE
William S. Gray [and others]. Fun With Dick and Jane. c. 1935--.
Will James [Joseph Dufault]. Smoky the Cowhorse. 1926.
Dennis Lee. “Wiggle to the Laundromat,” in Wiggle to the Laundromat. 1970.
Lucy Macdonald and Cathryn Taylor. Dumpy. 1947.
Daniel Pennac. “The Reader’s Bill of Rights,” in Better Than Life. 1994. Also available on the web.
Kathy Stinson and Lauren Soloy. A Tulip in Winter: A Story about Folk Artist Maud Lewis. 2023.
Heather Cass White. Books Promiscuously Read: Reading as a Way of Life. New York 2021
The following poems may be accessed on the web:
Bobby Heath. “Pony Boy.”
Robert Louis Stevenson. “The Land of Counterpane.”
Theodore Tilton. “The Fly: A rhyme for children.”
Billy Collins. "Forgetfulness."

Mar 6, 2025 - Escaping

Each week’s list will be updated soon after the lecture. 

Mar 13, 2025 - Engaging & Stretching

 

Mar 20, 2025 - Paying Attention to Form (1): Fiction

 

Mar 27, 2025 - Paying Attention to Form (2): Poetry

 

Apr 3, 2025 - Getting On