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Another Mother’s Day treat: a 40-minute video essay about “The Giving Tree”. Before watching, “The Giving Tree” was one of my least favorite children’s books — hate may not be too strong of a word to describe how I felt about it — but it is in fact nuanced, intentionally sad, and perfect starting material for some serious conversations. The author, Shel Silverstein, seems to have been quite the character and I would now very much like to get his book of children’s poetry which has some fascin...

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