Girl Reading, Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, c. 1868
About the Author:
Mike Chasar is an assistant professor of English at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. He is the co-editor of Poetry After Cultural Studies and maintains the blog Poetry & Popular Culture here.
The tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...
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