I Never Loved Your Mind (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Zindel
- First Published: 1970
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Young adult literature
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Teenagers, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Dropouts, Hippies
I Never Loved Your Mind, Zindel's third young adult novel, was written after the author had spent six months in Taos, New Mexico, following his decision to quit teaching. Zindel had taken a leave of absence from teaching to spend a year as playwright-in-residence at Houston's Alley Theater, and when he returned to the classroom he quickly became disillusioned with teaching. After his resignation, he went to Taos, where he lived in a house given him by a friend. When he returned from Taos and had to have an appendectomy, he commented that he was grateful to have a “traditional...
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