Literature
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Clippings
As regretful as it may be, sometimes I must renew my subscription to Newspapers.com for work, school, or personal research purposes. In this case, it was all three. Lately, I have been saving clippings dealing with D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover and obscenities laws—in this case, the ones that affected literature. Because I am Continue reading
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Mouse Bird Snake Wolf by David Almond with Illustrations by Dave McKean
New books came into the department yesterday so, of course, I sat at the desk and leafed through a few of them. A few caught my attention, but it was David Almond’s Mouse Bird Snake Wolf caught my eye. Now there are a few Almond books on the shelves already, but nothing that ever interested Continue reading
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The World Belongs to You by Riccardo Bozzi
“The world belongs to you. And you belong to the world,” begins Riccardo Bozzi’s minimalistic children’s book (illustrations by Olimpia Zagnoli). I stood there in the children’s department at Barnes & Noble holding the current generation’s The Giving Tree. A simple book with deeper meaning carved into the pages. It is nothing far from beautiful. Continue reading
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Deposit Information Here
This morning, my phone was bombarded with e-mails. None of which, by the way, had anything to do with the plethora of jobs I applied to recently. Housed in one of the e-mails was a message from WordPress, telling me I’ve been “pinged” by one of my followers. Dreading what reference lay in wait, I Continue reading
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“Love is lame, so let me eat your brain”
I started writing “Zombies in the Outfield” earlier last week, which takes place in the same world as my Gospel, TX project. Earlier today, I finished a really rough draft of my story which I posted on Tumblr just a little while ago. The Gospel, Texas Project is a blog dedicated to my zombie tales, Continue reading
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“Anything can be anywhere”
I cannot live without books. —Thomas Jefferson It’s not that much of a secret – I’m a book hunter. I hunt books. I’m a junkie itching for the next fix. In any condition, as long as their legible. I have a blog dedicated to my habit. I keep track of those I read on GoodReads. Continue reading
Chapin City Blues 