Category Archives: Books

Jobs of the Poets

Posted on August 13, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Not just another Caturday

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

How about a list of 60 of the best dystopian books to complete your weekend ? At Public Domain Review: Hokusai’s Illustrated Warrior Vanguard of Japan and China (1836). We Ranked 50 Best Selling Books Based on How Smart They Make Us … Continue reading →

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Shelves of Time

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Michael Chabon recently shared a very personal project that he worked on during the Covid-19 pandemic. In a serious bout of nostagia, he recreated the science fiction and fantasy section of his childhood bookshop … Continue reading →

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Closing Time

Posted on August 8, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

 

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To be read pile

Posted on August 5, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Cataloging all the books in existence

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

Late last year, the U.S. government took down the free e-book download site Z-Library, and arrested those affiliated with the project. I recently learned about another website that has taken up the mantle and is working to catalog free e-books. The … Continue reading →

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“A Society of Scoundrels”

Posted on August 1, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

“A Society of Scoundrels” by Franz Kafka Translated by Michael Hofmann There was once a society of scoundrels, or rather not scoundrels per se, just ordinary, average people. They always stuck together. When one of them had perpetrated some rascally … Continue reading →

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Banned Book Club

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) launched a new program earlier this month called the Banned Book Club. The program gives users access to books that have been banned in their local libraries by using “GPS-based geo-targeting.” To use … Continue reading →

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Pity the Nation

Posted on July 29, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

Pity the nation that wears a cloth it does not weave and eats a bread it does not harvest. Pity the nation that acclaims the bully as hero, and that deems the glittering conqueror bountiful. Pity a nation that despises … Continue reading →

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To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in … Continue reading →

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