Category Archives: USA

It’s Not Hoarding If It’s Books

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Everyone Loves A Pop-Up

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

The 1964 World’s Fair was a two-year event centered on peace, understanding, and apparently, pop-up books. Released in 1963, Peter and Wendy See the New York World’s Fair shows two children, Peter and Wendy, – no relation to Peter Pan or … Continue reading →

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Summer Reading

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

President Barack Obama recently posted on Facebook his summer reading list. This year it’s a mix of fiction, memoirs, and instructive non-fiction. If you are searching for a good vacation read, you can never go wrong following the lead of … Continue reading →

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Travel Advisory

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

I have recently heard from some TBTP readers who have concerns about travel safety in the United States. With a number of countries including Japan, Germany, and New Zealand issuing travel advisories for their citizens considering visiting the U.S., it’s … Continue reading →

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Camping 101

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Brian D. Butler
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August, you’re just an erotic hallucination

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

“Here in the electric dusk your naked lover tips the glass high and the ice cubes fall against her teeth. It’s beautiful Susan, her hair sticky with gin, Our Lady of Wet Glass-Rings on the Album Cover, streaming with hatred … Continue reading →

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RIP Toni Morrison

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

You think dark is just one color, but it ain’t. There’re five or six kinds of black. Some silky, some woolly. Some just empty. Some like fingers. And it don’t stay still, it moves and changes from one kind of … Continue reading →

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Book It

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Read and Return

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

When I travel, I usually pack way too much reading material. However, that never stops me from buying a book (or two) from an airport bookshop or newstand. Now there’s a program for compulsive book buyers like me that allows … Continue reading →

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The summer night is like a perfection of thought

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

The House Was Quiet and The World Was Calm BY WALLACE STEVENS The house was quiet and the world was calm. The reader became the book; and summer night Was like the conscious being of the book. The house was quiet … Continue reading →

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