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We Hereby Refuse
Growing up, I did not learn much about Japanese-American internment, nor was my ignorance remedied by a college history education. Though it took place in local areas—like the state fairgrounds and McNeil Island—it was a topic of WWII that, in my experience, was covered only in passing. Even today, some people shrug it off as… Read more >>
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Tolkien’s Beowulf – Brief Impressions
Last night I finished JRR Tolkien’s translation of Beowulf. I had read it previously, translated by Seamus Heaney, and wrote all of six sentences on it-–yikes! My memory of the first reading is very scanty, and that sure doesn’t help. Tolkien’s translation is somewhat controversial. Some people consider it bad, some people think he wouldn’t… Read more >>
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Reading Plans: Holidays 2023 and Beyond
Between the extra downtime of the holidays and a new year approaching, it feels like the right time to make reading plans. Here is what’s planned for Thanksgiving–Christmas 2023 and going into 2024: Readalongs I’ve become fond of readalongs over the past several years, and now they make up a large part of my reading.… Read more >>
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Ten Classic Authors I’ve Never Read (in Full)
Everyone has those embarrassing reading gaps, and today, I am going to share some of mine… Read more >>
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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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