I finished Operation Storm City, the last of the Guild of Specialists books, which I enjoyed very much. And I started another book by Tim Wise, Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama, which is very good so far, I’m about 15 pages. I’m also reading Slouching Toward Nirvana by Charles Bukowski and it’s just fantastic. I’ve also been noodling with Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir by Natalie Goldberg. I read her book Writing Down the Bones, ages ago when it first came out, and have been a fan ever since. This new book is good, I like her writing prompts and her not-at-all-annoying pep talks.
Links
Google Reader Shares
- #134 The TED Conference (Stuff White People Like)
- Put up or shut up - Roger Ebert's Journal (blogs.suntimes.com)
- Tim Wise ยป Farce on Washington: Glenn Beck and the Assault on Historical Memory (www.timwise.org)
- "International adoption instructs our culture" (AdoptionTalk)
- Baby Abandonment Fail (FAIL Blog: Epic Fail Funny Pictures and Funny Videos of Owned, Pwned and Fail Moments)
What I'm Reading
Planned books:
- Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford
- Starting Point: 1979-1996 by Hayao Miyazaki
- Yours Ever: People and Their Letters by Thomas Mallon
Current books:
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Slouching Toward Nirvana: New Poems by Charles Bukowski
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Sugar of the Crop: My Journey to Find the Children of Slaves by Sana Butler
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Eating Fire: Selected Poetry 1965-1995 by Margaret Atwood
Recent books:
- More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City (Issues of Our Time) by William Julius Wilson
- The Devil’s Rooming House: The True Story of America’s Deadliest Female Serial Killer by M. William Phelps
- Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
- Edison’s Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life by Gaby Wood
- OTHER PEOPLE’S MAIL: AN ANTHOLOGY OF LETTER STORIES by Unknown
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