Where I write, Same As It Ever Was. A blog of the incurably eclectic.
Book of all books, massive thing I can hardly lift, every though lies in you, all human possibilities. Everything I feel, every thing that can be felt, lies waiting to be described in combinations of the words you contain.
Webster, Greg Bear.
The definition of a dictionary.
While it would be great if we were past the whole “banning books” thing, the fact remains that hundreds of books have their places in libraries or on school reading lists challenged each year. According to the American Library Associati…
I have not read any of the Twelve books. I did read Delta of Venus, so long ago.
Over the past two years I’ve read 100 science fiction books, averaging about one per week. See the full list here, with …
Zombie Blondes by Brian James
Banned Books Week, an annual event organized by the American Library Association (ALA), grants readers, parents, teachers and librarians an opportunity to discuss the value of unhindered expression. Throughout the week, The Huffington Post will h…
Nick Wooster’s closet
“My favorite books are Metropolitan Life and Social Studies by Fran Lebowitz. If I could trade places with any literary character, it would be Fran Lebowitz. Although Miss Lebowitz is truly a literary figure, she is absolutely a literary character in all senses of the word. Because she came of age 14 years before I did, she got to experience New York in a way that I only caught the tail end of. It’s the story of my life. She clearly has better stories, although I have some good ones.”
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Epic Reads doesn’t mess around!
Books du Jour interviews with authors in a gorgeous New York City restaurant.
Watch on line at: http://www.nyc.gov/html/media/html/tv/nyctv_life_bdj.shtml
Strutt Trees Books - Set of 10
