Bookhounds -Jr. High Edition:
I’m running a Jr. High Language Arts classroom until the end of the school year. Since I’ll be in there a while, I decide to invest in the youth a…
Best New Music Releases of 2015 (So Far)
Music of 2015 (so far): I’ve been listening to a lot more new albums lately. I’m a bit tired of the driving focus placed on singles in our iTunes era,…
Reading Log: Gabriel García Márquez’s Of Love and Other Demons
Márquez himself needs no introduction, but his short novel Of Love and Other Demons had completely escaped my radar. My experience with Spanish-language magic realism had been limited to short…
Reading Log: Marc Maron’s Attempting Normal
After slogging through Amy Poehler's memoir/funnybook, I must confess I had some concerns going into this particular audiobook. I love Maron’s standup and his interviews, but I’ve always found him…
Reading Log: The Year of Magical Thinking
This is some of the most powerful nonfiction I have ever read. Didion gets put up on a pedestal in many circles, but it’s hard to argue convincingly that she…
Reading Log: February in Review
February was a rather lean month. Between working very long hours at a new school and trying to juggle a few other projects and responsibilities, my reading (and writing) tapered…
Reading Log: Jerzy Kosinski’s Being There
My girlfriend picked this up, read it in a day or two, then passed it on to me. I’d never heard of it (or seen the Academy Award-winning movie) and…
Reading Log: Best of British
Great used-bookstore find. This little gem was published in 78 and samples some 30 or so British motorcycles from the post-war era through the early seventies. This volume has the…
Webcomics Roundup
In the style and delivery of my Podcast Roundup, (part one here: ) these are the webcomics you should be reading: Pt.1- Everyone should read these: http://xkcd.com/: Insightful and hilarious.…
Reading Log: Kerry Howley’s Thrown
I’ve already spoken highly of the physical article that is Kerry Howley’s book Thrown, and can say with certainty that the object-as-idea is every bit as impressive as the object-as-artifact.…