2017 Books Read Total: ~73 Audio: 36 Ebook: 10 Physical Book: 7 Comic: 20 Favorites of the year: A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of ...

Huh, these numbers seem pretty low, but they're what I recorded on Goodreads. (Which I'm usually pretty good about keeping updated. ...

Yes, I know it’s been a long time since I wrote here; and yes, I have notes about various topics to post about in the future, with topics ra...

Pretty much all my life--even now--I wouldn't pass a bookstore without walking in. When I was in grad school, surrounded by books, I som...

Caroline Henderson, " Letter from the Dust Bowl " (1936) from American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau : A first-pers...

For the past seven years, the Hideout Theater in Austin has been putting on an improv marathon and fund-raiser. The fund-raiser part is easy...

Helen Keller, " I Go Adventuring " (1929) from Writing New York: A Literary Anthology : It's rare that I put one of these ou...

Super short review: A profound shrug. Slightly longer review: Some fun dinosaur set-pieces, but bad human dialogue never sets up character...

Ambrose Bierce, " A Psychological Shipwreck " (1879) from Ambrose Bierce: The Devil’s Dictionary, Tales, & Memoirs : Not my ...

Frederick Douglass, " Letter to His Old Master " (1848) from Frederick Douglass: Autobiographies : In grad school, I took a clas...