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Book Review: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

This was a very enjoyable yarn, convincing and lovely. A good story, with a bunch of pop-culture references, just enough…

2 years ago

Book Review: Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

I the magical realism, an explanation of Chinese calligraphy. A fascinating read into what makes up the calligraphy symbols, and…

2 years ago

Book Review: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the first autobiography I read which I would consider to be literature,…

2 years ago

Audiobook Review: The Sandman: Act II by Neil Gaiman

The delivery by such luminaries as James McAvoy, Kat Dennings, John Lithgow, David Tennant, and Jeffery Wright make this audiobook…

2 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Alice B. Toklas

Alice B. Toklas was an American cookbook writer and life partner of Gertrude Stein. The 1945 Alice B. Toklas Cookbook…

3 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Robert Frost

Robert Frost (26 March, 1874 – 29 January, 1963) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet known for many poems…

3 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Kate Douglas Wiggin

Kate Douglas Wiggin (28 September, 1856 – 24 August, 1923) was an American author and educator, mostly known for her…

6 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Leon Uris

Leon Uris (3 August, 1924 – 21 June, 2003) was an American author who is mostly known for his two…

6 years ago

Book Review: Bruce Lee Words of the Dragon: Interviews and Conversations 1958-1973 edited by John Little

The strength of this book, I felt, was in the interesting footnotes the editor provided at the end of each…

7 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”

Today, October 7 in the year 1955 poet Allen Ginsberg read his seminal poem “Howl” at Six Gallery in San…

13 years ago

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