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Category Archives: Books
Don’t Fight The Winter
“Plants and animals don’t fight the winter; they don’t pretend it’s not happening and attempt to carry on living the same lives that they lived in the summer. They prepare. They adapt. They perform extraordinary acts of metamorphosis to get … Continue reading
Street Philosophers
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Posted in Art, Books
Tagged Aaron Rodgers, Cartoons, Comics, Philosophy, Simone de Beauvoir
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Book Burning USA
So here we are well into the 21st century and the reactionary book burners are at it again. Just this week, some self-appointed guardians of American Aryan youth in the state of Virginia have called for removing books from schools … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Freedom of Speech, History, USA, Writing
Tagged American Fascists, censorship, Virginia
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Neglected Books
I was recently reminded to visit the wonderful website Neglected Books which reviews and writes up books which are, as the name says, neglected. It features authors who have fallen out of fashion, obscure imprints, anything that’s a bit musty … Continue reading
Sign(s) of the Time
Posted in Art, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, USA
Tagged antiquarians, bookstore, secondhand bookshops
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Black Voices Matter
Singer/songwriter/performance artist and actress Solange recently announced via her Saint Heron foundation that she would use the organization’s website to host a free digital library of rare works by Black writers and artists. The Saint Heron Community Library includes “stories … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Libraries, Theater, USA, Writing
Tagged Black Literature, Octavia Butler, Poetry, Solange
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Sci-Fi Sundays
The winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the Best Short Science Fiction of 2020 was recently announced. It turned out to be a very timely selection. Rebecca Campbell’s novella “An Important Failure” explores creation in the face of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Writing
Tagged Science Fiction and Fantasy, Star Trek, Theodore Sturgeon
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Stamp Books/Book Stamps
The Liverpool-based design studio Dorothy has created a wonderful series of colorful stamps based on 20th century literary works. Their Modern Classics collection, above, reimagines the covers of the 42 titles in clever and imaginative ways. They have reimagined the 42 essential … Continue reading
