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How to Get Into the Twin Palms by Karolina Waclawiak
I read this like a pelican eats a fish. Why I gulped it down so fast I'm not sure, because How to Get Into the Twin Palms is about a woman changing herself to capture a man and I usually don't care for...
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Torch by Cheryl Strayed
I spent much of Sunday night discussing this book so I won't go on here. Suffice it to say that I liked Torch, but felt that my knowledge of Strayed's biography, learned from her fantastic essays and...
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trip book style
I took a most relaxing vacation. I missed SPX and the Brooklyn Book Fest and Theo Ellsworth and everything, but I promise that I did my part in between redwoods, oaks, MUNI, METRO and fish watching and...
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"You want to know why blogging died? It is because the people who were talking the most forgot to do much listening, and the people who were talking a little stopped being interested in listening so...
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cleaning, cleaning my brain
Comics from one or two years ago to read and shelve, or read and recycle:||||||||||| Found this paper doll by Susie Oh and put it together, sans two grommets. Check out her animations with the dolls....
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It should be no rug pulled out from under you that I subscribe to The Rumpus's Letters in the Mail. I always forget that I signed up, so each letter from an author is a surprise. I mostly read them on...
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Chester 5000 XYV by Jess Fink
Ah, comics erotica, when you're good, you're good, when you're bad, that's normal. The story of a woman and her sex robot, Chester 5000 XYV is somewhere in between. A mostly silent, Victoriana-themed,...
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sandy sandy sandy
I worked from home most of last week on a very frustrating project. One of the ways that I deal with being glued to the computer for most of the day, and the subsequent loss of reading time, is to...
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taxes, why you pay
Need to get out of the house post-Sandy? Use the internet? Find edification or escapism?Most Brooklyn Public Library locations are open today until 5, including Central Library at Grand Army Plaza....
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So I bought a YA novel by a science fiction author I am trying to get into. Most of the blame should rest on my lack of close reading of the cover copy, but the fact that the design of this book for...
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Mannish
Today has featured two Isle of Man delights:First Isle of Man stamps of 2013 revealed! To celebrate a Manx heritage museum opening!"That Ol' Dagon Dark" by Robert MacAnthony (Pseudopod #307) and read...
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The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi
I had an imaginary friend. Her name was Cousin Jane and she lived in the sewer. I could call her on the fire hydrant that was the same color as her hair. I don't know where she came from or when she...
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If you or someone you know had photos damaged by hurricane Sandy, CARE (Cherished Albums Restoration Effort) will digitally restore them for free.They are also looking for volunteers, so if you are a...
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Checked my P.O. this week and found stuff in there from October. Then I had to wait in line for 20 minutes to find out that that they had sent some of my mail back. I spent so much time in that post...
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31 DRAWINGS THAT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH BEING IN LOVE AND NOT BEING IN...
It is no secret that I love Eleanor Davis. When I discovered that she'd be making a mini of her pieces for the most recent Giant Robot Post-It show I felt the gimme-gimmes overtake me.I rarely allow...
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It has been an amazing few months in essay. All of these transported me to a questioning place, guided me through an emotional minefield or somehow blew me a kiss. Please leave your recent favorite...
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Fantastic Women: 18 Tales of the Surreal and the Sublime from Tin House edited by Rob SpillmanBlood Child and other stories by Octavia E. ButlerNurse Nurse by Katie SkellyThe Opposite House by Helen...
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Baby Geisha by Trinie Dalton
What better surprise from a trip to L.A. could there be than a Trinie Dalton reading at Family Bookstore. I already talked about that here, back when it actually happened. I recommended this book to...
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Regional Relationships 3: Yock Yok by Feresteh Toosi & Neil Brideau
After too many days, I hit up my PO Box and found this package from Regional Relationships, a Chicago-based outfit that investigates the idea of "regional."This third installment of the series is by...
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more bad, good dog
One of the most distressing things about grief for me is its tenacity. It just comes and comes, never forgetting for more than a few moments. When you are a person with depression, this doggedness can...
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