Sometimes a spoon is just a spoon. By Joshua David Stein Joshua David Stein’s children’s books include “Lunch From Home,” “What’s Cooking?” and “Solitary Animals.” The spoon’s best-known role in the ...
THE NEW WORLD—Edgar Lee Masters —Appleton-Century ($2.50). Unmentioned in geographies, Spoon River is a middlewestern small town that appears on every American literary map. It has been there since ...