Author Archives: kara

About kara

We know our letters just fine, and we know our numbers to a certain point, but books were always the realm of four-eyed poindexters with bowler hats and cravats. That’s why it pleases us so that America’s proud illiterates are finally stepping up and pushing back against the crushing tide of education that threatens to swallow us all into its gaping maw of checked facts. Champions of the Ignorantiat will not like it here.

Posted on November 12, 2013 by kara

Subtitle “An American Ronin’s Journey to Faith, Family, and Freedom”. He’s rocking a lot of jewelry for a humble servant of the Tea-People. I mean, he’s wearing two watches and two wedding rings. WTF! Maybe he married his right hand during … Continue reading →

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On the Nightstand.

Posted on November 8, 2013 by kara

Please Kill Me The Uncensored Oral History of Punk By Legs McNeil; Gillian McCain (Grove Press, Paperback, 9780802142641, 488pp.) Publication Date: April 2006

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Posted on October 21, 2013 by kara

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28-year old wins Man Booker Prize

Posted on October 15, 2013 by kara

from guardian uk Eleanor Catton made Man Booker prize history twice on Tuesday night the youngest winner for, at 832 pages, the longest novel.

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Posted on October 4, 2013 by kara

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On the Nightstand

Posted on September 29, 2013 by kara

A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett

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When Underpants are Outlawed, only Outlaws will have Underpants.

Posted on September 24, 2013 by kara

It’s Banned Books Weeks again, the saddest time of year when the American Library Association helps us celebrate literacy’s fight against the censorious white people who make it their business to make sure all the rest of us are protected from … Continue reading →