Mega heatwaves, activism that works, resources for climate writers, some simply wonderful videos about foraging, and more.
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Reading Roundup: May 2021
The Starless Sea, The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, If I Had Your Face, Braiding Sweetgrass, and assorted books and culture links.
My favorite books about grown-up people
Today, FOR NO REASON AT ALL: a list of books about middle-aged people with middle-aged problems.
Reading Roundup: April 2021
Something That May Shock and Discredit You, Gilead, Godshot, The Mirror and the Light, a couple of rereads, and a smattering of stories and poems.
Climate roundup: Every day is Earth Day
Earth Day history, a look at climate turning points, ecofiction, and more.
Hurry up please it’s time
Every public middle and high school in my hometown sent two students per grade to an annual writing competition. It was a contest of speed: describe an object in 40 words before 10 minutes are up, argue a point of view for 120 words in 30 minutes, and so on. I went every year, and… Continue reading Hurry up please it’s time
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