Word with Bowne, or That Dude who Teaches English

Walter Bowne talks about how we often become the person we admire in the books we read and the stories we hear; as you write your own autobiography, a condensed bildungsroman, a novel of the development of a character, listen to this passage from David Copperfield; notice the long list of books, and what youg David felt about these books, and characters; he reveals much about himself, and no one really cared for this tiny room with his father's books except young David, That young David, is course, or will become, the great Charles Dickens. 

On a Tuesday morning, Walter Bowne reads, sometimes poorly, and with much haste, and a cold read at that, this amazing story for his hopefully attentive students. A better version may follow while recording from home studio. idk. Enjoy, I hope. 

Walter Bowne takes us to the train station on the line from Barcelona to Madrid to understand the conversation of this very troubled couple. 

Walter Bowne discusses power and submission and the educated class and the working class in this powerful short story that still resonates today. 

Walter Bowne gets his wife to stop what she was doing to help record this audio of Hemingway's short story. So what is the "it"? that the couple are talking about, anyway? 

Walter Bowne muses and considers the deeper meanings to this penetrating short story that Hemingway considered as "his favorite." 

Ethan is an AP Language and Composition scholar from Eastern High School. 

Arianna reads Kaufman's essay from Models for Writers for AP Language and Composition. 

Walter Bowne reads Zinsser's useful essay about how to "cut the fat" from writing. 

David wrote this essay when he was in high school. It appeared in the New York Times in 1976. He graduated from Curry College in 1981. This comes from the compilation of essays, "Models for Writers."