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• Sunday Salon: As We Look Forward to June

  

  Thomas, of My Porch, brings us Barbara Pym reading week from June 1 through June 8, 2013. I'm hoping to read both A Glass of Blessings and Excellent Women. Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mary Coin by Marisa Silver

  

  "Maybe I can get the little ones to turn around," the lady said. "That's right. Just turn right around so you're not looking at me. One of you on each side of... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Detour by Gerbrand Bakker

  

  Ample make this bed. Make this bed with awe; In it wait till judgment break Excellent and fair. Be its mattress straight, Be its pillow round; Let no sunrise'... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Swimming to Elba by Silvia Avallone

  

  I can't remember when I've had a more visceral reaction to a novel. It's taken me more than a week to read Swimming to Elba because I was soaking in each of... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Improving the Value of Reviews

  

  photo credit here I've had the most interesting series of emails with a representative from a publishing house in Japan. In the process of putting together the... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

  

  It seems rather presumptuous of me to write about Proust’s Swann’s Way in a few paragraphs when it takes him four pages to describe waiting for his mother’s... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mailbox Monday

  

  Into my mailbox, over the past few weeks, have come the following books: Swimming to Elba by Silvia Avallone: "A sensually charged novel about two girls... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dolce Bellezza Turns Seven

  

  "The time has come," the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax-- Of cabbages--and kings-- And why the sea is boiling hot--... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Few Hints About the Japanese Literature Challenge 7 Coming This June

  

  Earlier this week Tony inquired as to when we might expect the next Japanese Literature Challenge. I only run the challenge from June until January because I... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• National Day of Prayer

  

  "Our theme for 2013 is Pray for America, emphasizing the need for individuals, corporately and individually, to place their faith in the unfailing character of... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dewey's Read a Thon #2

  

  One of the nice parts about going to Santo's for my haircut is the plethora of magazines lying about. I normally don't read magazines very much because they're... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dewey's Read a Thon #3

  

  Pleased with my haircut, I've spent the rest of the day reading A Discovery of Witches. There's no point in reaching page 1623 and calling it quits when the... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dewey's Read a Thon #4

  

  Finished! I was actually caught up in the ending, curious as to the arrival of Diana and Matthew in their time travel excursion to Elizabethan England. Wonderin... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dewey's Read a Thon #1

  

  Invariably, though I long anticipate the 24 hour read-a-thon, something comes up. This time, it is my son's last weekend before he returns to San Diego for... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Put a Poem in Your Pocket...What The Children Did

  

  Bella's pocket resembles the sun, Matthew's pocket is a robot scorpion, Nevaeh's pocket reminds me of the 1960's tie-dyed patterns I knew as a child. Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sunday Salon. Before It's Monday

  What a week it's been. My son has been home for only seven days, but they have been an intense seven days. Seven days for me to examine not only him, but myself... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• World Book Night

  

  My friend Carol went with me tonight to Manor Care where she works as a speech pathologist. Who better to give the gift of literature to than those whose... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Snow Crash

  

  There isn't anything that Neal Stephenson doesn't use in his novel to poke fun of a futuristic society which doesn't seem far removed from the America I'm livin... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Preparing for Poem In Your Pocket Day

  

  I loved the idea: put a poem in your pocket and share it all day long on April 18. Share it in the classroom, in the hallway, in libraries, bookstores and... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Going Where He's Dreamed of Going

  

  They all look the same, these Marine recruits on the parade deck in San Diego, California. But the one just to the right of the senior Drill Instructor is my... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE