Wendell Berry has written a ninth Port William novel, and it is unlike any other in the set.| Front Porch Republic
Barbed Wire Between Us by Mia Wenjen and illustrated by Violeta Encarnación was a WOW book. It was not necessarily the story itself (though that is pretty wild) it was the way it was formatted that really made it work for me. It is a fantastic circular story that shows how history can repeat. But not only that, the text is repeated. We start with a young girl who is behind a fence in the 1940s. How she gets there, the thoughts and feelings she […]| Cannonball Read 17
Portland-based artist Mike King has been creating gig posters for bands since the mid 1970s. What began as a means of promoting his own bands’ shows turned into a prolific career. He gets paid now, but to begin he worked “in exchange for tickets to the shows, and for beers”. King has worked on posters … Continue reading "REM, Nirvana and More From ‘America’s Poster Champion’ Mike King" The post REM, Nirvana and More From ‘America’s Poster Champion’ Mike King appeared first...| Flashbak
Beginning in 1979, Camilo José Vergara has been returning year after year to take photographs of Fern Street in Camden, New Jersey. We’ve shared more from his project to create a visual archaeology of the USA with his pictures of Vyse Street in New York City’s South Bronx and 65 East 125th Street in Harlem. Now … Continue reading "The View West Along Fern Street Camden, New Jersey – 1979-2019" The post The View West Along Fern Street Camden, New Jersey – 1979-2019 appeared first o...| Flashbak
Longlisted for the ARA Historical Fiction Prize and the UK Walter Scott Historical Novel Prize, The First Friend by journalist, author and SMH columnist Malcolm Knox, is a black comedy starring Stalin’s henchman, Lavrenty Beria and his (fictional) best friend and adopted brother Vasil Murtov. This is the book description: Even the worst person has […]| ANZ LitLovers LitBlog
Aiming to complete one more post before #ShortStorySeptember ends, I was plodding through Isaac Babel’s Odessa Stories when the Asian Review of Books popped into my inbox and with its very first review introduced me to Ayelet Tsabari, an Israeli-Canadian writer of Yemeni descent. Her family comes from the 800,000 Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews who […]| ANZ LitLovers LitBlog
Andrew Roff’s first novel Here Are My Demands is left-wing political fiction at its most forceful. It’s speculative fiction set in a near-future Australia where there is government rul…| ANZ LitLovers LitBlog
Last month I had the good fortune to attend a weeklong conference of Buddhism scholars in Leipzig, Germany – a wonderful opportunity in many ways, not least that one gets to be in a world far remov…| Love of All Wisdom
🧄 This short book is an essay written by Jean-Claude Izzo, a native Marseilles poet and writer. The main theme of the essay are his love of...| klasikfanda.blogspot.com
A while ago I identified what I considered the Social Justice movement’s first tenet: that the most urgent issue facing the world in the 21st century is inequalities of race and gender (inclu…| Love of All Wisdom
In this episode, Jeremi and Zachary Suri are joined by Professor Alan McPherson, an expert on US foreign relations who introduces his new book ‘The Breach: Iran-Contra and the Assault on American Democracy.’ Together, they discuss how this Iran-Contra scandal altered public trust in the American government and set troubling precedents for future administrations. Zachary […]| Not Even Past
A few years ago I attempted to depict the new race/gender movement of the 2010s in a way as neutral, bland, and inoffensive as possible. I got strong pushback even on that much, with a denial that …| Love of All Wisdom
By Connor Joyce ’25 The character of warfare in the 21st century is rapidly evolving. The next 75 years will increasingly look beyond the traditional battlefield and toward more complex domains, including the Arctic and outer space. At the nexus of America’s military and intelligence dominance is the space domain. Utilized for strategic surveillance and … Continue reading "Astropolitics in the 21st Century: Blitzkrieg and Artificial Intelligence"| Ike’s Anvil
When Donald Trump first rose to rapid popularity in American politics, many people were shocked and had no explanation. I was not among those people, for a couple of reasons. Among them: one way to…| Love of All Wisdom
It’s not fitness. It’s life. This is a marketing slogan of a high-end fitness center where I have worked as an instructor, trained as a member, and which I have marshaled as a scholar to argue that…| Nursing Clio
Originally published at Ultraphysical. A few months ago, days ahead of my 45th birthday, I reflexively clicked on a suggested post in my Instagram feed. “She looks like me – in a good way,” I thoug…| Nursing Clio
Snapshots of Canada’s Past: History is more than just words on a screen or from a textbook; this series is a thematic look back at Canadian history through visual imagery. A man stands before the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme in Arras, France. [Source] November 11th, 2018 at 11:00am marks the 100th … Continue reading The Great War: 100 Years Later (Then and Now)| All About Canadian History
The Welland Historical Museum has a new, interactive shipwreck exhibit about the HMS General Hunter. The British Royal Navy 10-gun brig (built in 1806) played an active role in the War of 1812, including in the capture of Detroit and the pivotal Battle of Lake Erie, where it was captured by the Americans. The General … Continue reading On Exhibit: The HMS General Hunter| All About Canadian History
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From CNN: In India, Muslim women advertised for 'sale' on the 'Sulli Deals' app defy trolls who tried to silence them | Women of History
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It was Tuesday, December 31, the last day of the year 2019, when Sangmin Lee called me with excitement to report news of his amnesty. Early in 2014 Lee was sentenced to 18 months in prison for refusing, on the basis of his faith, to complete his mandatory military service. Although Lee was freed on Keep Reading...| Bearing Witness
"Christians are taking on this role of witnessing publicly---even paying the cost of being arrested---in order to witness to compassion for refugees."| Bearing Witness
