Quotation: “There’s power in experimenting with life”
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“Yellowface” by R.F. Kuang
Holy cow! This is my second book by R.F. Kuang (the first was Babel), and I’m blown away not only by her ability to write but also by her ability to think–and deeply–about the issues she’s asking readers to confront. In this satirical gem she takes on the publishing industry and all the various officious
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Jimmy Carter: Poet, Novelist, Memoirist, Philosopher “He wasn’t just prolific, publishing 32 books. His output also showed an unusual range that included memoirs and forays into historical fiction and even poetry.” The New York Times eulogizes President Jimmy Carter with emphasis on his writing: “Publishing 32 books over the course of his life, he wasn’t
Everything I Need to Know About Life I Learned from “Star Trek”
Here in the U.S. today is national science fiction day, observed annually in honor of science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, who was born on January 2, 1920. I didn’t read science fiction as a teenager or young adult. To the best of my recollection, I discovered science fiction through television rather than books. My introduction
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Texas county reverses classification of Indigenous history book as fiction This controversy over the classification of a children’s Native American history book in a Texas county north of Houston occurred in October 2024. A Texas county on Tuesday reversed a decision to reclassify a children’s book on Native American history as fiction after the move
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Update on Comments Glitch The cause of the problem has been traced to Jetpack. Jetpack support has informed me that “this is an issue that our development team is aware of and working to resolve. It will likely be fixed in the next version of Jetpack in early January.” So that’s where we are. In
Books New to My TBR
My Apologies After the migration to a new computer, I now find myself unable to reply to comments on my own blog. This pertains to all posts over the last couple of weeks. Please know that I do appreciate your comments and read every one of them. I won’t be able to start trying to
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My Apologies in Advance. After the migration to a new computer, I now find myself unable to reply to comments on my own blog. This pertains to all posts over the last couple of weeks. Please know that I do appreciate your comments and read every one of them. I won’t be able to start
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2 Books That Opened My Eyes and My Mind
Week 4 (11/18-11/22) Mind Openers: One of the greatest things about reading nonfiction is the way it can open your eyes to the world around you–-no plane ticket required. What nonfiction book or books have impacted the way you see the world in a powerful way? Is there one book that made you rethink everything?
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ABA CEO Warns of New Challenges Post-Election In a letter to American Booksellers Association membership accompanying the publication of Wednesday’s Bookselling This Week newsletter, ABA CEO Allison Hill provided cautious words of encouragement following Tuesday’s election results. Acknowledging that the ABA does not know how its members voted in the election, Hill wrote that the