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The Book Haven

Cynthia L. Haven's blog for the written word.

  • By Cynthia L. Haven
  • Based in United States of America
  • Roughly three posts per month
  • First post on

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Month starting Posts
Apr 2023 4
May 2023 6
Jun 2023 4
Jul 2023 3
Aug 2023 4
Sep 2023 4
Oct 2023 2
Nov 2023 4
Dec 2023 1

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Most recent posts

“It was his soul that suffered, and his soul I could not reach.” Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener” on Jan. 8!
Please join us for a discussion of Herman Melville‘s classic short story Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street at 7 p.m. (PST) on Monday, January 8, at Levinthal Hall in the Stanford Humanities …
On , by Cynthia Haven, 367 words
And then this happened…more on the inaugural NOVITĀTE conference
I’m late telling Book Haven readers about my most recent honor: From Luke Burgis’s remarks at the inaugural NOVITĀTE conference earlier this month, in presenting me with the inaugural Novitāte Award: This first ever NOVITĀTE …
On , by Cynthia Haven, 506 words
A rabbi’s P.O.V.: Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s conversion is social, not doctrinal
Ruth in Boaz’s Field by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (Wikimedia Commons) “Wherever you go, I will go…your people will be my people.” Ruth converts, as does Ali, not because Naomi convinces her that Judaism is …
On , by Cynthia Haven, 891 words