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Category Archives: Books
Joy is not made to be a crumb
Don’t Hesitate by Mary Oliver If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. … Continue reading
get up because a woman is here rising
Watching the courageous young women and men in Iran rise up against their oppressive fundamentalist government I was reminded of the tragic Persian poet Forough Farrakhzad. Sometimes referred to as “the Persian Sylvia Plath,” although she was a contemporary of … Continue reading
when the dying speak, they cannot lie
I was sad to read of the passing of the great English author Hilary Mantel. Here in the colonies we became acquainted with her powerful prose through the Wolf Hall trilogy. I thought that I would share this piece from Hilary Mantel’s essay … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Freedom of Speech, History, Theater, Writing
Tagged Henry VIII, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
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Flowers in the summer, Fires in the fall
Autumn Fires Robert Louis Stevenson In the other gardens And all up in the vale, From the autumn bonfires See the smoke trail! Pleasant summer over, And all the summer flowers, The red fire blazes, The grey smoke towers. Sing … Continue reading
Revenge of the Librarians
Regular visitors to Travel Between The Pages will be well aware of my appreciation for cartoonist Tom Gauld’s hilarious comics. So, I was happy to discover that he has a new book of cartoons that will be released in the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Libraries, Writing
Tagged Bookselling, Cartoons, Comics
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It’s That Time of the Year Again
Forty years after Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 to raise awareness about censorship, the issue has taken on new importance across the country. This year more than ever it’s essential that we raise awareness about book banning and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, Libraries, USA
Tagged book banning, censorship, Reading
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Signs of Hope
TheHope Signs initiative was created by Gothenburg Book Fair and advertising agency Nord DDB, and sees authors such as Jojo Moyes, David Lagercrantz, Lauren Groff, and Anthony Doerr sharing their thoughts on global warming for climate crisis demonstration placards. Printed on the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe
Tagged climate catastrophe, Climate Change, climate crisis, Gothenburg, Sweden
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the impossibility of being human
BEASTS BOUNDING THROUGH TIME Charles Bukowski Van Gogh writing his brother for paints Hemingway testing his shotgun Celine going broke as a doctor of medicine the impossibility of being human Villon expelled from Paris for being a thief Faulkner drunk … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Writing
Tagged American Poets, Poetry, Vincent Van Gogh, William S. Burroughs
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The only lasting truth is change.
When she was nine years old, Octavia Butler saw a sci-fi film called “Devil Girl From Mars” and thought to herself: “I can write a better story than that.” She went on to become the first widely recognized Black female … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, movies, USA, Writing
Tagged Octavia Butler, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Peripherals
The news that a streaming TV network has announced the upcoming release of a series based on a novel rarely rouses much interest here at Travel Between The Pages World HQ, however the drop of a teaser-trailer for The Peripheral, … Continue reading
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