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Keep Texas Reading, Part 2
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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Tagged laredo bookstores, laredo center for the arts, laredo center for the arts bookstore, laredo texas bookstores, no bookstore in laredo, only book store closing laredo, only bookstore in laredo texas, the book nook laredo, the booknook texas, town with no bookstore
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What the Hell is Happening Here?
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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Tagged comic librarian, comic library, comic strip library
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Où tous les artistes sont ?
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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Tagged home libraries, hotel des artistes, hotel des artistes nyc, Libraries and Librarians, personal libraries, personal library
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Give me your old, your tattered, your dusty tomes
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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Tagged antiquarian books, antique books, between the covers rare books, new castle delaware, oak knoll books, old bookshop of bordentown, online bookstores, the bookshop of old new castle, the kelmscott bookshop, william penn delaware
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Of Tomes and Trash. 2010 Rap-up.
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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Tagged 2010 book list, 2010 books, 2010 reading list, addderall diaries, alison arngrim, bat boy, blame michelle huneven, broken william moyers, confessions of a prairie bitch, david l holmes, faith of our founding fathers, francoise sagan, franzen, freedom, ishiguro, jennifer sey, just kids, melissa gilbert, mona simpson, mureil spark reality and dreams, my hollywood, never let me go, patti smith, prairie life, the rights of man, where men win glory
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Blind Socialism.
An early audio book listener. Because nothing says socialism like audio books for the blind! RNIB, a British support organization for blind and partially sighted people and it’s American counterpart, AFB, are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the “Talking Book”.
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Tagged agatha christie, blind services, Libraries and Librarians, RNIB, talking books, talking books for the blind
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On the Nightstand
Just Kids by Patti Smith
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Eggs and Shoes
Former British prime minister Tony Blair was attacked by anti-war protesters in Dublin at his first public book signing to promote his memoirs. They pummeled him with eggs and shoes! It’s said that Blair chose Ireland for his only in-person … Continue reading
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