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Books
Reading as resistance: banned books, adaptation lists, and reviews from the ever-growing shelf.
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Review
Without the Cliff by Caitlin Coey — A Review
Childhood traumas, reflections, and poetry for a brighter world.
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Listicle
Reading Between the Frames: 15 Books That Inspired Iconic Movies
Classic Adaptations: From “To Kill a Mockingbird” to “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”
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Books
Soul of Goodness
Transform Grievous Hurt, Betrayal, and Setback into Love, Joy, and Compassion by Dr. Christopher Phillips
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Books
Book Review: Aspects by John M. Ford — Strand Magazine Strand Mag
John M. Ford passed away before completing this book, yet it is one of the greatest works of literary fantasy I have ever encountered.
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Books
“Becoming Superman” The Book All Writers Need to Read
and how the work of J. Michael Straczynski came into my life
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Pop-Culture
All Men Should Watch Pride and Prejudice (1995)
I was one of those young men who thought that Pride and Prejudice was the last thing I wanted to experience. But, oh, how I was wrong. I had accepted the prevailing masculine norm of my culture without realizing it; I had become colonized by thoughts which were not my own.
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Writing
Richard Wright: The Best American Haiku
With Haiku, a self-nurturing could begin, albeit so close to his own death. Wright offers his perspective, his own loneliness, and his own desire for wholeness within three simple lines of poetry, allowing us to know him intimately at his most vulnerable and his most human.
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Essay
The Rose Within: A Personal Reflection on "The Little Prince"
"Trying to be witty leads to lying, more or less." - Antoine De Saint-Exupery Love, and compassion - which is really just a particularly important form of love - are concepts within The Little Prince - and we adults would do well to pay attention.
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Books
Age of War: Review
There is only one terrible problem with Michael Sullivan’s books — once you finish one you go into a state of withdrawal to which there is…
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