Category Archives: Writing

Setting Up Signals Across Vast Distances

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

POEM Muriel Rukeyser I lived in the first century of world wars. Most mornings I would be more or less insane, The newspapers would arrive with their careless stories, The news would pour out of various devices Interrupted by attempts … Continue reading →

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Best Books of the Year (or some of)

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

For the past month or so we’ve seen the annual steady stream of “Best Books of the Year” lists from websites, bloggers, magazines, critics, and newspapers. So, I thought that I would share my own unsolicited list. If you are … Continue reading →

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Reading Makes You Better

Posted on December 26, 2018 by Brian D. Butler
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Every Minute Counts

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Brian D. Butler
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Protecting Fantasy Writers

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

h/t Tom Gauld

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Why Vonnegut Matters

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Like many Kurt Vonnegut fans I became a devoted reader during my early adolescence. If memory serves, the first of his novels that I read was Sirens of Titan, but it could have just as well been Cat’s Cradle. Of course they weren’t teaching … Continue reading →

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What Book Nerds Do

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

H/t to Laura Pacheco and The Wild Detectives

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Take Your Child To A Bookstore

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

The ninth annual Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day, a project developed to “instill a love of bookstores in children so that they will value and support this most precious of resources as they go on to enter and create … Continue reading →

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Or Is It ?

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Brian D. Butler
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NYC: Poe on the street

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

h/t Zimad in Queens  

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