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.

On the Nightstand

Posted on April 27, 2011 by kara

The New Being by Paul Tillich. April, 2005

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we are here

Posted on April 26, 2011 by kara

“This,” cried the mayor, “is your town’s darkest hour! The time for all Whos who have blood that is red to come to the aid of their country,” he said.  “We’ve got to make noises in greater amounts, so open … Continue reading →

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An app’s an app for a’ that

Posted on April 25, 2011 by kara

  There’s a free iPhone app that offers the complete works of the Bard in a searchable database – over 550 poems and love songs – a handy guide to how to host an authentic haggis (barf) Burns Supper, biographical … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 21, 2011 by kara

Penguin art director Paul Buckley shares how he chose the 75 best covers to celebrate the publisher’s anniversary in this weeks Salon.com article: Judging the Cover of a Book.

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Rick Santorum “Not a Big Poetry Guy”

Posted on April 16, 2011 by kara

Because literally EVERYTHING the GOP does, without fail, when left to its own devices, is insane and reads like parodic villainy were it in a fictional context, it’s not surprising that presidential candidate, Rick “Man on Dog” Santorum, would disown … Continue reading →

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Rock the Drop

Posted on April 15, 2011 by kara

Visit the Young Adult Library Services Association Website

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On the Nightstand.

Posted on April 9, 2011 by kara

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Publication Date: October 2008

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Great Snacks in Literature.

Posted on April 8, 2011 by kara

Sugar Mouse Cake. “When morning came, Tom’s cake was decorated from top to bottom with white sugar mice. They had pink sugar eyes and pink sugar noses and all of them looked as real as could be. Some were musicians … Continue reading →

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Manning Marable RIP

Posted on April 4, 2011 by kara

  The highly anticipated: “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention,” is published today and available to purchase at all your fine and digital retailers. The 594-page biography –  allegedly full of new and shocking revelations and insights – was Columbia University … Continue reading →

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Great Snacks in Literature

Posted on March 31, 2011 by kara

Turkish Delight. “The Queen let another drop fall from her bottle on to the snow and instantly there appeared a round box, tied with green silk ribbon, which, when opened turned out to contain several pounds of the best Turkish … Continue reading →

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