Ian Gregory’s Sculptural Ceramics emerges as a pivotal text within contemporary ceramic discourse, deftly bridging the divide between traditional craft and avant-garde sculptural practice. As both an artist and educator, Gregory crafts a compelling narrative that situates ceramics not merely as functional or decorative vessels, but as an expressive medium capable of engaging with complex conceptual frameworks … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Sculptural Ceramics by Ian Gregory
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Big Book of Makerspace Projects: Inspiring Makers to Experiment, Create, and Learn by Colleen Graves and Aaron Graves
In The Big Book of Makerspace Projects, Colleen Graves and Aaron Graves curate more than a mere instructional manual; they offer a vibrant, accessible testament to the culture of learning-through-making. As a literary scholar attuned to the shifting paradigms of education and material culture, I find this text to be a salient bridge between the haptic … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Big Book of Makerspace Projects: Inspiring Makers to Experiment, Create, and Learn by Colleen Graves and Aaron Graves
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – A Place Called Home: Creating Beautiful Spaces to Call your Own by Jason Grant
Jason Grant’s A Place Called Home invites readers behind the velvet drapes of his own design atelier to explore the alchemy of turning four walls into something resonant, personal, even soulful. More than a how‑to manual, Grant’s book situates interior design as a narrative art, one that interweaves personal history, sensory detail, and cultural signifiers into a … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – A Place Called Home: Creating Beautiful Spaces to Call your Own by Jason Grant
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant is at once a rigorous study of creativity and a stirring manifesto for moral imagination. In this work, Grant—an organizational psychologist with a gift for narrative—dissects the anatomy of originality, revealing that the revolutionary spark is as much the product of persistence and pragmatism as it is … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows (1908) stands at once as an emblem of Edwardian pastoral idyll and a quietly subversive meditation on the tensions between adventure and domesticity, individual freedom and social responsibility. At its heart lie four anthropomorphic protagonists—Mole, Rat, Badger, and the irrepressible Mr. Toad—whose adventures along the Thames and beyond map both the contours of the … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Amphigorey by Edward Gorey
Amphigorey by Edward Gorey is not merely an anthology of illustrated absurdities; it is a masterclass in gothic minimalism, an invitation to probe the margins of narrative coherence and the black comedy that resides in the interstices. First assembled in 1972, this collection of twenty early books and pamphlets showcases Gorey’s distinctive blend of Victorian pastiche, wry … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Amphigorey by Edward Gorey
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Atavistic Avatar: The Cartoon Brut Art of The Pizz by Janice S. Gore
Atavistic Avatar: The Cartoon Brut Art of The Pizz by Janice S. Gore offers an erudite excavation of Stephen Pizzurro’s riotous visual world, positioning his “Cartoon Brut” aesthetic not as a fleeting underground curiosity but as a crucial site where the primal and the pop collide. Gore’s study is structured with the precision of a philologist … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Atavistic Avatar: The Cartoon Brut Art of The Pizz by Janice S. Gore
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Princess Bride by William Goldman
William Goldman’s The Princess Bride occupies a curious space between fairy tale, satire, and metafiction. Purporting to be an abridgment of S. Morgenstern’s “classic tale of true love and high adventure,” Goldman crafts not only a rollicking narrative of swashbucklers and schemers but also a playful commentary on storytelling itself. As literary scholars, we can appreciate how … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Lord of the Flies by William Golding
William Golding’s 1954 novel Lord of the Flies stands as a seminal work in modern English literature, a chilling exploration of the fragile veneer of civilization and the innate darkness within humanity. While frequently taught at the high school level, a scholarly approach to the text reveals layers of philosophical reflection, symbolic nuance, and sociopolitical critique that … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin
In Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us, Seth Godin constructs a deceptively simple thesis: that leadership is no longer the privilege of the hierarchical few but the opportunity—and indeed the responsibility—of those willing to connect, inspire, and challenge the status quo. While the book is often categorized under marketing or business, its structure and rhetorical … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin
The New Renaissance Mindset 