Writer * Worldbuilder * Life Coach
Barbara Brown Taylor Shares Her Gifts: A Fabulous Writer Can Make You Think
First, read this: The only clear line I draw these days is this: when my religion tries to come between me and my neighbor, I will choose my neighbor… Jesus never commanded me to love my religion. – Barbara Brown Taylor, from Holy Envy…
The Atlantic Scores Again: American Left and Centrists Can Learn from French Progressives and Centrists.
Read this story from the Atlantic’s Thomas Chatterton Williams about what happened this July in France when problems with a growing Far Right movement (think anti-immigrant, pro-business, smaller-government, but much more complex than that) threatened everything. France, at first, floundered. Then it didn’t. It…
Race: Voices that Matter, like Halstead’s and Hutcherson’s
People often ask me where to get started to learn more about race and the situation with institutional racism in the United States. These two articles are almost always discussed in my college writing classes for a number of reasons, but not because they…
Would You Keep Reading? (YA Novel in texts)
So I went to the library to drop off a book or three and I saw this interesting looking book on the new Young Adult table. I picked it up intending to flip through it and go, but 30 minutes later I was still…
FILM REVIEW: Despite a Lackluster plot and Slightly Flat Characters, the World of Aquaman is a Wonder.
Few might have guessed at the overall high quality of Wonder Woman and the disappointing mishmash of Justice League, but both films left fans of DC’s universes wondering about Aquaman. If you haven’t see it by now, it may be because you’re not a…
Summer of the Tower
This summer, one of my best friends and I had an interesting idea. We were going to read Stephen King books together, but not just any SK books. We were going to tackle the Tower. For those of you who don’t know, The Dark…
Crowdfunded List of Great YA books
So the Bloggess has posted another funny entry on her website, but at the end, she asked for great YA suggestions. Add to it or go get some ideas for next reads for yourselves.
