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Aliens, right?

Truly Alien

May 27, 2017

I was in Lexington, KY, in May of 1977 with my 2 younger brothers when Grandpa Wetzel dropped us off at the theater to see what he said was “Winnie-the-Pooh.”

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Tagged With: Family, Movies, Star Wars, SF, Winnie the Pooh, #StarWars40th
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Cover of Plato's "Republic"

Politics After the Apocalypse

November 11, 2012

If all the libraries in the world were destroyed and you could save only two books of political theory, which would they be?

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Shelved with: Community & Time|| The Reading Life|| History|| Civic Life
Tagged With: Politics, Barack Obama
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This Bloomsday, Ulysses is Free – Yes!

June 16, 2012

Got your Guinness? Then here’s Marcella Riordan as Molly Bloom (from the highly recommended Naxos audiobook), in a final affirmation of love & life.

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Shelved with: The Reading Life|| Visions & Ventures|| Literature
Tagged With: Holidays, Reading Aloud
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What Would C.S. Lewis Read?

June 1, 2012

The books of C.S. Lewis filled me with a sense of wonder & awe, and shaped my youthful vision of what it meant to be a whole, healthy, mature, and virtuous human being. But what books shaped him?

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Shelved with: Reading the Word|| The Reading Life|| Text & Context
Tagged With: Bookselling, Books
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Reading & Writing is for everyone!

World Read Aloud Day: March 7, 2012 — Register Now!

February 20, 2012

On March 7, 2012, LitWorld will sponsor the third annual World Read Aloud Day, and they are hoping to reach at least a million people to help support a global literacy movement. How can you participate?

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Shelved with: The Reading Life|| Hearts & Minds|| Literacy|| Literacy
Tagged With: Holidays, Literacy, Reading Aloud, WRAD
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The Feel of Books

November 1, 2011

It’s been a long time since we’ve asked questions like, “What good are paper & print for communicating ideas & stories?” And rarely, if ever, have we had reason to think of the feel of books (or for that matter, their smell) as something separate from the books themselves.

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Shelved with: The History & Future of Books|| The Reading Life
Tagged With: beauty, Book Publishing, Books, e-books, embodiment, Julian Barnes, Technology
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