MARM Countdown, How Long ‘til November?

2024-09-16T13:44:16-04:00

A couple weeks ago, I shared some recent short story reading, but right now I’m thinking about reading the final stories in Margaret Atwood’s Dancing Girls. And how I’ll soon read the next section from her newest collection Old Babes in the Wood. But this

MARM Countdown, How Long ‘til November?2024-09-16T13:44:16-04:00

Reading and Rereading a Dozen Women Writers: Lorna Sage

2024-09-05T12:06:23-04:00

When I first read Moments of Truth, when it was new, I’d only read a two or three of the authors/books she discusses. And reading it was more like skimming, because I was just as spoiler-phobic then. This time, the essays have felt more inviting, more comfortable and, at least

Reading and Rereading a Dozen Women Writers: Lorna Sage2024-09-05T12:06:23-04:00

The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction (3 of 4)

2024-07-24T17:23:57-04:00

Rebecca and Laura have been reading and writing about books on the Carol Shields Fiction Prize too: Rebecca (Loot, The Future and Chrysalis, Cocktail and Land of Milk and Honey and Laura (Between Two Moons and Summary) If you’re also reading from the longlist (shortlist with winner announced), please

The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction (3 of 4)2024-07-24T17:23:57-04:00

Mid-Year: Themed Reading #LoveYourLibrary

2024-07-25T10:25:14-04:00

Now that it’s July, I’m re-examining the goals I had in mind earlier this year, checking to see whether my plans have aligned with my reading choices so far. A few days ago, I wrote about one of my slow-reading projects this year, and in a few days

Mid-Year: Themed Reading #LoveYourLibrary2024-07-25T10:25:14-04:00

Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

2024-07-18T21:33:47-04:00

Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped from the Beginning (2016) is a doorstopper of a book that grew out of his desire to write an introductory chapter to a book about Black Studies programs in American (i.e. in the United States) universities and colleges. When his chapter was 90 pages long,

Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America2024-07-18T21:33:47-04:00
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