Tag: reading
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More Reading Response–with some conversation
Susan Nalder Undaunted Courage by Stephan Ambrose – breathtaking- Sacagewea means Jumping Fish, and the moment she reunites with her brother- Rochelle Williams Sleepless Nights, Elizabeth Hardwick. Again. Vesper Flights, Helen MacDonald. Miriam Sagan How is Sleepless Nights? I’ve been reading the NY Stories Rochelle Williams I have loved it…
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What Are You Reading? Responses
At least three people said Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. Cheryl Marita wrote: “I just finished it and miss it already.” AJ SchumanEinstein’s Dreams, by Alan LightmanIt’s a beautiful meditation on the meaning of time. I think that you would like it. Rod ScottCan’t Buy Me Love, Jonathan Gould.…
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What Are You Reading?
This often gets a good response, and I hope for one here. What are you enjoying? Include genre too, and non-fiction, and what you read for relaxation. Just post below or write me at msagan1035@aol.com and I’ll compose some blog posts! I’m almost done with Simone de Beauvoir’s “Inseparable” about…
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Philip Graham on Craft and Reading
A beautiful essay on reading, emotional stress, and War and Peace: “One day in seventh grade I ordered my usual stack of books from the Scholastic Books Service; one of them was an abridged version of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. A little skeptical, I figured I could skip past…
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What Philip Graham is Reading!
1. A Place to Stand, by Jimmy Santiago Baca. The poet’s autobiography, gritty and spiritual both. Especially moving to me was his account of his years in solitary confinement in a high security prison—in that confining space he found a much larger space within, and saved himself by learning the…
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More Readers Suggest Books!
Baro Shalizi: I just read Overstory and am now reading Destiny Disrupted. Cheryl Marita: Finished listening to “where the crawdads sing” wonderful, lush story. Now reading memoir “Just Kids” by Patti Smith. Sarah Sarai : Just finished Martha Collins’ new collection Because What Else Could I Do: Poems; and Sonia…
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Some Suggested Reading
Suggestions about what to read are coming in to the blog! Here is a sampling to start: NIna Bjornsson: I’m reading SAPIENS right now. Bought at Collected Works, where it was being kept behind the counter because so many people were stealing copies. Chris: I am reading haiku mind, 108…
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What Are You Reading?
From time to time I like to ask readers this question. I’ll blog your responses, and then I’ll be excited to have a long suggested reading list. Drop me a note at msagan1035@aol.com or post below, and I’ll most likely copy from there. Thank you! I need some good suggestions.
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Devon Miller-Duggan Turns 64 and Reflects on That and More
This Week I turned 64. I like that I have now reached the age when I don’t have to ask my husband “Will you still need me? Will you still feed me when I’m 64?” mostly because I have a year in which I’m a line in a Beatles song.…
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How Do I Want To Be Read by Serena Rodriguez
I can remember the first time I read Bluebird, by Charles Bukowski. I was sitting on the floor amidst a loud group of young people, drunk on youth and whiskey. But this poem. It made all the noise in the room, all the laughter and gossip, come to a halt.…
Miriam's Well: Poetry, Land Art, and Beyond 