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Sherman Alexie Tells It Like It Isn’t
In 2007, I went to hear author Sherman Alexie do a reading from Flight. If you’re not familiar with Alexie, get familiar. I would start with Ten Little Indians if you’re up for short stories, or Tonto...
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Game of Thrones vs. The Wire
I’m halfway through Book 2 of the Game of Thrones series (now on HBO for those allergic to words), and I’m finding myself as addicted to the Seven Kingdoms as I’ve ever been to a fictional world (and...
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Hot Guys Reading: Hot or Squicky?
Got a tip from reader Betsy that goes like this: I ran across this tumblr that’s pictures of hot guys reading books — much in the vein one of my favorites, cute boys with cats. At first I was psyched...
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My First Poetry Reading
Last week, I went to my first poetry reading. Okay, that’s not quite true. I think in college an English professor or two compelled me to attend a few, but those were stuffy affairs in attic classrooms...
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iFOMO
Apologies for absenteeism. Does anyone else ever get anxious that real life is getting in the way of all of the things you want to read on the internet? That doesn’t seem super healthy, but it’s...
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When You Turn the Last Page
When was the last time you were head over heels in love with a book? Most recently for me, Game of Thrones had me in its thrall for a solid two months (come on! It’s 5,000 pages!), and before that, I...
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Rise and Fall
If you want to know what you’re getting into when you choose a David Mitchell novel, commit three minutes to reading this interview first: ”I learned that language is to the human experience what...
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Sunday Scraps 58
1. TECH: Great analysis from NYMag about the technological differences between Facebook and Instagram, and what makes one distrusted and the other beloved. What happens after the billion dollar...
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Sunday Scraps 66
1. WORK: Great Chicago Reader essay on how the phrase “work hard, play hard” sometimes means the opposite, and how 35, single, and broke might not be the worst thing. 2. BOOKS: Troy, Michigan employed...
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Sunday Scraps 103
1. READING: Tumblr called Awesome People Reading is a bunch of pictures of awesome people reading. 2. WEALTH: The opposite of awesome people reading, I bring you Rich Kids of Instagram 3. BOOKS:...
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The Last Book I Loved: The Sense of an Ending
Hey y’all, sorry I’ve been AWOL as of late. Much traveling (four states in four weeks), much working, much settling into the new house, excuses, excuses, excuses. Hope to be back at this blog with...
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My Book Club is Famous, and other readerly things
First and most important, my book club is famous. Not People famous or CNN famous or even Jezebel famous, but it is Afternoon Shift famous on our local NPR station, WBEZ. One of our book club members...
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Challenge: Reading off the To-Read Shelf
I’m not buying any books between now and January 1, 2015*. Argh, it hurts just to write that sentence! I have a book buying addiction (which goes part and parcel with my reading addiction); last week I...
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