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Comment Woes
I’ve been alerted to the fact that WordPress is once again diverting some of my real commenters’ messages to the spam box. 🤦🏻♀️ So far I have not found a way to fix this. Unfortunately, I get too many spam comments to turn off the filter, and WP gives me the option to block people Read more >>
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In Praise of Library Books
The other day, I sojourned to my local library to pick up a book I had started on ebook from another library and which would soon be due. You know you’re a book nerd when this sort of thing happens. This was only my second time at this particular library, and I was pleasantly reminded Read more >>
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We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans and Comedy
Rating: a generous 3 out of 5 starsCW: occasional strong language and crude humor I’m truly torn on a rating for this one . . . The first 1/3 was truly gripping and interesting. I flew right through it. The last 2/3 was a bit of a slog, and if I was not reading it Read more >>
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The Test of Pain and Memory – Three Selections
It’s not often that one’s unrelated current readings overlap each other topically, but such was the case this week. These texts resonate with a conviction that has been growing in me in recent years: that it is in actions (and the pain and sacrifice alongside them) where we find reality, or the truth about who 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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