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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
untouched and still possible
To the New Year BY W. S. MERWIN With what stillness at last you appear in the valley your first sunlight reaching down to touch the tips of a few high leaves that do not stir as though they had not … Continue reading
Happy Public Domain Day Eve
Way back in 1998 Congress passed the Copyright Term Extension Act extending US copyrights by 20 years to life-plus-70 for human authors and 95 years total for corporate authors. The extension was retrospective, so works in the public domain went … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Film, movies, Music, USA, Writing
Tagged Bessie Smith, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Public Domain, The Great Gatsby
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Predicting The Future
The late American author Octavia Butler died nearly 15 years ago, but the disturbing plague year that is coming to a close has resulted in a renewed interest in her books. Her Parable books were especially popular in 2020, with … Continue reading
Posted in Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Afrofuturism, Climate Change, Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Safety First
Alaska Airlines has updated its safety video to reflect the new reality of flying in these crazy pandemic times.
Posted in Air Travel, Public Transport, Tourism, USA
Tagged Alaska, Alaska Airlines, safety videos
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The Person of the Year
The book trade magazine Publishers Weekly has named the “Book Business Worker” as person of the year. The wonderful graphic above illustrates just some of the multitudes who keep publishing and bookselling going even in the midst of a world-wide pandemic. You … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Bookselling, Bookstores, Publishing
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Escape via Slow Travel
During these troubled times, we all need an escape. Here’s Escapista, a collection of slow video for our times. The curated website was created by Brazilian software developer Cristiano Dalbem. Like many savvy slow travelers, he also embraced the concept of … Continue reading
The Ghost of Christmas
If you are a habitué of certain regions of social media, it’s likely that you have stumbled upon the work of Brian Bilston who has been called the “unofficial poet laureate of Twitter” for his clever, digestible, pun-tastic poetry. He recently … Continue reading
