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, Again.

Posted on January 26, 2011 by kara

Sometimes you have to reread a book. Sometimes you have reread a book even if you don’t want to, because you know it will make you literally sick. Rereading this heartbreakingly beautiful and harrowing book, I fall asleep every night … Continue reading →

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Keep Texas Reading, Part 2

Posted on January 26, 2011 by kara

Last year, I held a Book Drive at my studio to benefit a used bookstore in Laredo, Texas, after the town of over a quarter of a million people lost their one and only bookstore, a  B. Dalton. Thanks to … Continue reading →

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What the Hell is Happening Here?

Posted on January 18, 2011 by kara

Okay, so it LOOKS like a dapper, pencil-moustached, gay male librarian is being attacked by 2 over zealous women “readers”, one plain one pretty, but no matter, he is not interested in either. Unusual that the librarian isn’t a hair-bunned, … Continue reading →

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Lijepa Ambasada Prekrasne Knjižnicu

Posted on January 18, 2011 by kara

Former French Embassy in Cetinje, Montenegro. Now a library. photo via ESI

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Où tous les artistes sont ?

Posted on January 14, 2011 by kara

I rarely see a luxury NYC apartment for kazillions of dollars that I would look twice at, inured by the laughable prices and the overabundance of granite. But I could spend relaxing evenings in the library of this luxury duplex … Continue reading →

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Warning: Contains Offensive Words.

Posted on January 11, 2011 by kara

Most American schoolchildren still read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and if they don’t, it’s because it’s one of the most frequently banned books in the US. If it seems paradoxical that a book could be both its nation’s most frequently … Continue reading →

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Give me your old, your tattered, your dusty tomes

Posted on January 3, 2011 by kara

I became aware of  Between The Covers Rare Books when I bought a long sought book from my childhood from their online store. I was touched by the meticulous attention they paid to wrapping the book which – in my … Continue reading →

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On the er….IPad

Posted on January 1, 2011 by kara

Better for air travel. “If I knew I had to go through those experiences again, I’d kill myself.” – Louis Zamperini If you think you’ve been rocked to your core by a memoir before, think again. Ingrid Betancourt’s story of … Continue reading →

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Of Tomes and Trash. 2010 Rap-up.

Posted on December 30, 2010 by kara

2010 was a good reading  year for me, thanks to ADD medication. Some tomes, some trash, no regrets: Reality and Dreams by Muriel Spark Bat Boy: Coming of Age with the New York Yankees by Matthew McGough Faith of our Founding … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 15, 2010 by kara

card catalog.

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