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 August 1, 2014 by kara

The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. by Adelle Waldman (Henry Holt and Co., Hardcover, 9780805097450, 256pp.) Publication Date: July 16, 2013  

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Onthe Nightstand

Posted on July 14, 2014 by kara

Abroad by Katie Crouch Sarah Crichton Books, Hardcover, 9780374100360, 304pp.) Publication Date: June 17, 2014  

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On the Nightstand

Posted on July 7, 2014 by kara

Friendship By Emily Gould (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Hardcover, 9780374158613, 272pp.) Publication Date: July 1, 2014  

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Here’s a fun library story for ya.

Posted on July 7, 2014 by kara

Welcome to post racial ‘Murica. Guess we can shut down the whole NAACP thing now. Because there is no greater celebration of a nation than public mockery of its duly elected leader, an entire town of racist assholes policed by … Continue reading →

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Kansas City says “Steal This Library!”

Posted on June 23, 2014 by kara

in the Kansas City suburb of Leawood, Kansas, a 9-year-old named Spencer Collins has been informed by the city that his nifty “Little Library” is in violation of zoning ordinances, and has to be removed. Now of course, the real lesson is … Continue reading →

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On the Nightstand

Posted on June 20, 2014 by kara

Casebook by Mona Simpson (Knopf, Hardcover, 9780385351416, 336pp.) Publication Date: April 15, 2014  

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On the Nightstand

Posted on June 8, 2014 by kara

  The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (Riverhead Trade, Paperback, 9781594484469, 528pp.) Publication Date: May 4, 2010  

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full disclosure

Posted on May 30, 2014 by kara

these are books i read over the past couple of months – without totally realizing it – and didn’t cop to. now you know. . .  

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Fire rips through Mackintosh Library in Glasgow

Posted on May 23, 2014 by kara

This is horrifying. The world famous Glasgow School of Art has suffered devasting damage after a fire ripped through the listed Charles Rennie Mackintosh building. Firefighters are still struggling to control the blaze, which appeared to have started in the … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 23, 2014 by kara

Shirley Jackson in 1951. Photograph: AP

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