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Reading

150 things to read, watch and listen to, so you don’t die of boredom this summer, according to Sassy Magazine, July 1990.

May 10, 2011

It was the summer of 1990. I was 14 years old and at a crossroads. New Kids on the Block, Sweet Valley High books, and Growing Pains didn’t appeal to me anymore, and I was looking for whatever would come next. I’m not sure how I came across Sassy magazine for the first time, but [...]

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The Books: 150 things to read, watch and listen to, so you don’t die of boredom this summer, according to Sassy Magazine, July 1990.

May 10, 2011

Get the background on this list. The Books Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Three years in a Jewish teenager’s life while hiding from the Nazis. Most poignant and timely. (Autobiography/Sob alert/They’re gonna make you read this one in school sooner or later anyway/People have tried to ban this) As I Lay Dying [...]

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Unsexy but Useful: American Heritage Dictionary iPhone App

April 9, 2010

This spring, it will be 10 years since I graduated from grad school. With all of the hoopla around the iPad, iPhone apps, Google Books and ubiquitous instantaneous information access in general, I keep imagining what it would be like to be  a grad student in English now. Back in 2000, I was thrilled to [...]

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So Much for That

April 6, 2010

“I don’t know how long this feeling is going to last, but the best thing the book did was to push me to really consciously treasure feeling fine. It’s very difficult to feel grateful for the absence of something, but feeling well is really the precondition for every pleasure.” – Lionel Shriver, talking about her [...]

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