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+ ernest j gaines, graphic memoir, graphic novels, graphic travelogue, guy delisle, Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, Palestine

Who’d Want to Read It?

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Guy Delisle spent a year living in Jerusalem as his partner worked for an NGO in the West Bank and Gaza. He detailed his experience in Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City. During that year, Delisle led comics’ workshops in various cities in the West Bank including Nablus and Ramallah. At an event in Nablus he notes that the level of the artists “is not … Read More Who’d Want to Read It?

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Some of My Favorite Books So Far in 2024

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Last year, I read 79 books. I really wanted to hit 80, but I fell one short. This year, my goal is to read at least 80 books, and as of the end of March I’m on track to read 10 books a month, so 120 books overall. I really doubt I’ll hit that goal, but I may. To reach that goal, I have … Read More Some of My Favorite Books So Far in 2024

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Have You Read All of Those Books?

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Ever since I started my graduate work in literature, I’d buy books whereever I could, typically haunting used book stores, thirft stores, or just ordering books online. I’d order books based off of other books. So, for example, when I read Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre last year, someone mentioned that Jean Rhys wrote a response, focusing on Bertha Mason. This led me to order Rhys’ Wide Saragosa … Read More Have You Read All of Those Books?

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+ a career in books, books, reading, the last count of monte cristo, those we thought we knew

Some of My Favorite Books I’ve Read So Far in 2023

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A few weeks ago, I wrote about why I read, and in that post, I talked some about trying to read a book or two each week. As of this post, I have finished fifty two books this year, so one for every week. Today, I want to talk about some of my favorite books that I have read so far this year. When I … Read More Some of My Favorite Books I’ve Read So Far in 2023

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+ critical literacy, critical thinking, Pedagogy, reading

Why Do I Read?

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As a kid, my mom would always encourage me to read. I read, yes, but it was never really anything that I did regularly. In fact, I really don’t remember much of what except that I read books like Judy Blume’s Super Fudge during elementary school or parts of Dante’s Inferno during high school. Nothing really stuck with me or had a huge impact … Read More Why Do I Read?

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