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I’m really happy because I see that somebody actually picked up a book after reading about it here. So, here’s the latest installment of what I’m reading right now:

1. Serpents in the Garden: Liasons with Culture & Sex edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair
Just finishing this anthology from the pages of the “muckraking [...]

November 14th, 2007 | Category: Books | Comments (3)

“Acutely mindful of suffering, I have become a stranger in a strange land, seeing and seeking what others do not want to see or seek. And this means seeing pervasive evidence of suffering in everyday life…. When I began to see things this way I couldn’t help thinking my friends and family were in a [...]

October 4th, 2007 | Category: Activism, Books, Economics, People I Love, Politics | Comments (2)

I began this post last week, while wrestling with a (finally finished) writing project that was breaking my brain. I’ve since moved on to other books, but let me share what would have been “What I’m reading right now (#4).”
Failure!

This anthology, put together by the editors of the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, looks at [...]

September 7th, 2007 | Category: Books | Leave a comment

No-cost books, cooperative economics, conservation of resources, and the literally free exchange of information and ideas… what’s not to love about book-swapping websites? I belong to two: BookMooch and PaperbackSwap. Both work essentially the same way: You get starter points once you list a certain number of books that you are willing to give away. [...]

August 25th, 2007 | Category: Books, Tools | Leave a comment

You won’t want to miss the new anthology coming out this fall called “Sistah Vegan! Food, Health, Identity and Society: Black Female Vegans in North America.” Trust me, this is going to be a very important book. Editor Amie Breeze Harper gets all the connections, as you can see in this interview in Satya [...]

August 6th, 2007 | Category: Activism, Books, Gender, Intersections, Race | Comments (3)

I can’t read yesterday’s post without crying. I really loved that little green bird and was sorry to see her go, although I know that she will be happy at parrot sanctuary. The funny thing is that, as sad as I am, I’m having a pretty happy day. I think that’s because I’m letting myself [...]

July 2nd, 2007 | Category: Birds, Books, Sanctuary, Trauma, Writing | Comments (3)