Cynthia Lee Katona, Professor - English and Women's Studies Departments

Resume

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Book Savvy

About Professor Katona's book Book Savvy published July 2005:

"Book Savvy was developed out of a thirty-one year career of teaching Introduction to Literature to community college freshmen.  This book aims not just to teach how to read literature, but how to actually enjoy it.  Beginning with the state of reading in America, Katona gives eleven good reasons to make reading a regular part of life and supplies an annnotated list of tried and true page-turners.  Besides giving the standard bibliographical information (i.e. title, author, number of pages, and dates), the annotated book list gives the book's genre, its level of challenge, a brief synopsis, quotations showing the writer's style, reading hints, other works by the author, and finally, the book's movie counterparts.  From seasoned lovers of literature to newcomers to the reading addiction, Katona's accessible style makes the book appealing to a wide audience.  Book Savvy will serve as an effective guide for the burgeoning book club community as well as a welcome tool for literature teachers struggling to spark the interest of their students."

Modern Ivory Netsuke

About Modern Ivory Netsuke authored by Anthony Chan and Professor Katona, published 2007:

"All of the netsuke in this book are modern ivory netsuke, carved from Mammoth ivory which is at least 10,000 years old. Netsuke from very famous carvers are available at reasonable prices, even today, in this medium, for those who have the ability to see beauty in small things. Every netsuke in this book is in my own personal collection, or has passed through my hands to avid collectors, like my co-author Professor Katona. Each netsuke is hand carved, well balanced to stand on its own, full of exacting detail, perfectly proportioned, and worthy someday of being in a museum’s collection. One has only to look at the facial expressions on some of these modern netsuke to know that one is in the presence of true art."

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