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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
Banned In the USA
Banned In The USA isn’t a classic Springsteen tune, but instead it’s the newly released report from PEN America documenting public school book bans for the full 2023-2024 school year. The report records 10,046 instances of books banned nationwide, a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, USA, Writing
Tagged PEN America, PEN International, Stephen King
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It’s a small world
The older that I get, the more often I stumble on snippets of information online that immediately triggers personal memory links to my own experience. In this category, I recently saw a reference to the innovative science-fiction short La Jetée by the … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Books, Europe, Film, Middle East, movies, Photography, South America, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Chris Marker, France, time travel, Travel Guidebooks
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IDK but you may be interested too
Best of lists are always subjective but can be helpful if you’re planning a trip. Here’s one from a newspaper that has gotten some bad press of late. A list of the 20 best art museums in America, including the Wadsworth … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Museums, South America, Tech, Tourism
Tagged Comics, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pablo Neruda
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There would be a parade
If Adam Picked the Apple There would be a parade, a celebration, a holiday to commemorate the day he sought enlightenment. We would not speak of temptation by the devil, rather, we would laud Adam’s curiosity, his desire for adventure … Continue reading
Happy Halloween
A few years ago, I spent a very happy Halloween in Taupo, New Zealand. The charming lakeside town is sadly overlooked by many foreign visitors to the country. Along with stunning natural beauty, the community is surprisingly welcoming to tourists. … Continue reading
A history of witches and wizards
London’s Wellcome Collection is featuring a very timely book from 1720 on witchcraft and wizardry. The history of witches and wizards: giving a true account of all their tryals in England, Scotland, Swedeland, France, and New England; with their confession … Continue reading
The true home of Halloween ?
Did you know that Halloween began on the island of Ireland? 🎃 The spooky season began as an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain (pronounced “sow-in”), celebrated over 2,000 years ago. Marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of … Continue reading
Magical (not lucky) Charms
The Book of Magical Charms, is a handwritten occult commonplace book composed in England in the seventeenth century and currently in the holdings of the Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois. Its author is suspected to be London attorney Robert Ashley. The Book of Magical Charms original volume, that … Continue reading
Is it human or is it AI
We have reached the point where the Authors Guild, the professional association representing published novelists and nonfiction writers in North America, is planning to offer its 15,000 members a new certificate they can place directly on their book covers. About … Continue reading
