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Category Archives: nonfiction
On Wonder, Cucumbers, Post-its, and Mary Karr
Each spectral port, each human eye is shot through with a hole, and everything we know goes in there, where it feeds a blaze. In a flash the baby’s old… -Heather McHugh, “The Size of Spokane” The wonder of the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, nonfiction, Reading
Tagged addiction, books, Mary Karr, reading, writing
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Love on the Brain and the Brain on Love
I love my brain and I love my body. Say it again. I watched this TED (Technology Entertainment Design) clip * long after most people had already heard of Jill Bolte Taylor, the neuroscientist whose experience of a stroke at … Continue reading
Fall Catchall Catch-up: Part 1
Some of you have been asking when the next Instant Librarian post would be up, since I seem to have dropped off the radar screen in September– one little post! I’ve still been busy reading and writing, but also busy … Continue reading
Posted in Books, fiction, nonfiction, Reading, Writing
Tagged new blogger, reading, reflection, work, writing
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Summer Reading Summary
It was early July, a late blue evening. Sitting in my room with a candle, watching the moon rise, I was filling up on a rare moment of peace in our busy southeast neighborhood. It was almost 10:00 and light … Continue reading
Posted in Books, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, Reading
Tagged books, love, reading, reading list
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To Write is to Write is to Write: Gertrude Stein, Ariel Gore, and Cafe Mama
I spent a semester learning letterpress printing and bookbinding in college, and this what I have to show for it. Emblematic, because while I love the mechanical simplicity and aesthetic of letterpress, the truth is I’m more interested in the … Continue reading
Abigail Scott Duniway: Statues and Limitations
You know, Abigail Scott Duniway. Suffragist, pioneer, first Oregon women to vote (1912, well before national suffrage.) You remember now, right? Walked the Oregon Trail with her family at age 17? Businesswoman, entrepreneur, and sole breadwinner for a family of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Community, Film, nonfiction
Tagged activism, books, culture, newspapers, people
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Malcolm Gladwell’s “Drinking Games”
The thing about The New Yorker is, owing to frequency of publication and generally universal appeal, one of your friends probably has a subscription and will eventually become so bogged down in back issues that you will most likely be … Continue reading
Reading List, Round 1
This weekend my big sister visited from the big city of Los Angeles. Over various cups and glasses of wine, beer, and coffee, we discussed, among other things, what makes a good blog even better. Being a visual person, she … Continue reading
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Ending the Iraq War: A Primer, by Phyllis Bennis
Ending our passivity This past Saturday my partner and I joined a crowd of about 300 to protest the war in Iraq. 300 people? Seven years ago, I piled into a hatchback with more students than seat-belts and headed to … Continue reading
Jailhouse Lawyers, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
Steeped On the side of a building in Portland, there’s a painting of a vacant-eyed woman, her arm reaching up to pour sugar or cream into a coffee cup on her head. I passed this mural dozens of times before … Continue reading
