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 18, 2011 by kara

Wiblingen Monastery Library, Ulm, Germany The Wiblingen Monastery was founded in 1093, and remodeled in the Baroque style in the 18th century. Over the library is an inscription: “In quo omnes thesauri sapientiae et scientiae” (In which are stored all … Continue reading →

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“I have no interest in living in a city without a bookstore.”

Posted on November 15, 2011 by kara

Author Ann Patchett on her new bookstore in Nashville, TN: “I have no interest in retail; I have no interest in opening a bookstore,” Ms. Patchett said, serenely sipping tea during a recent interview at her spacious pink brick house … Continue reading →

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Ye Olde Cheat of Williamsburg

Posted on November 10, 2011 by kara

from the ny times: Little, Brown Pulls Novel, Citing Plagiarism By JULIE BOSMAN 4:30 p.m. | Updated Little, Brown & Company has pulled a mystery novel from the shelves after passages in the book were found to have been plagiarized from “a … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 6, 2011 by kara

I just finished reading a gaggle* of memoirs from survivors of Ireland’s Industrial Schools in the 1950’s. It is flooring how much I don’t know. Will I live long enough to understand everything that has happened in the history of … Continue reading →

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The End. Too Dreadful to Picture.

Posted on October 19, 2011 by kara

Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance 1. If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if you are … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 14, 2011 by kara

No book has given me more profoundly wicked nightmares than “We Need to Talk About Kevin”.

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On the Nightstand

Posted on October 4, 2011 by kara

    We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

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Why do all you folks accusing all us folks of hating America, hate America?

Posted on September 28, 2011 by kara

  Checking out reading material in a Paris bookshop last year So, according to a new Gallup poll, a record-high 81% of Americans hate the American Government (i.e. hate America) – hate that has been building up over the past … Continue reading →

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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Stepford)

Posted on September 15, 2011 by kara

Look at this cover photo of Michele Bachmann. Really look at it. It’s creepy, right? Notice how she’s ever-so-slightly wall-eyed… just enough to give her that million-light-year stare. See how she’s got the Katherine Harris boob-thrust down cold. See how … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 12, 2011 by kara

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