Author Archives: Brian D. Butler

Who reads what where

Posted on May 19, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

If you believe the main stream media reports, it would seem that folks across the United States have given up on reading and spend all of their time glued to a mobile phone. But those of us in the book … Continue reading →

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The gods wait to delight in you

Posted on May 18, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

Charles Bukowski // “Your life is your life. Don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission. Be on the watch. There are ways out. There is light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness. Be … Continue reading →

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The Wizard is 125

Posted on May 17, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published on this date in 1900. It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl named Dorothy ends up in the magical Land of Oz after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their … Continue reading →

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The Citizen and the Traveller

Posted on May 16, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

“The Citizen and the Traveller,” a short fable from Robert Louis Stevenson  

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Writer’s Block

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

 

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There’s just no accounting for happiness

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

HAPPINESS Jane Kenyon There’s just no accounting for happiness, or the way it turns up like a prodigal who comes back to the dust at your feet having squandered a fortune far away. And how can you not forgive? You … Continue reading →

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But I am a blasted tree

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

During my youthful days discontent never visited my mind; and if I was ever overcome by ennui, the sight of what is beautiful in nature, or the study of what is excellent and sublime in the productions of man, could … Continue reading →

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Chomsky Plus

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

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A book must be an axe for the frozen sea within us

Posted on May 11, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Bookstore Tourism: NYC

Posted on May 10, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

Many booklovers mistakenly believe that Strand is the oldest bookstore in New York City, but Argosy has it beat by two years. Argosy is located at 116 East 59th Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues in Midtown Manhattan, it occupies an entire six-story townhouse with various sales floors … Continue reading →

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