Category Archives: Books

Books 2014

My plan for this post is to keep track of the books I read this year. Being the slowest reader on Earth it will likely be a very short list. Part of my problem is that I tend to be … Continue reading

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Postcard-a-palooza

I participated in a postcard exhibit last month at Colorado Mesa University which you can read about here. They were using it as a fund raiser for a variety of art department programmes. I used this as an opportunity to … Continue reading

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Lessons From The Fat-O-Sphere

… Quit dieting and declare a truce with your body. Authors: Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby. I was a big fan of Shapely Prose, the fat acceptance blog begun by Kate Harding, and mostly bought this book to be supportive … Continue reading

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I Sold My Soul on ebay

Viewing faith through an atheist’s eyes by Hemant Mehta. This is a very odd little book. A sort of guide to improving the church going experience from an atheist point of view. Huh? I understand that being a member of … Continue reading

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Under the Banner of Heaven

A Story of Violent Faith. By Jon Krakauer. This story reinforces my avoidance of organised religion. Any belief system that asks me to suspend rational thought and treats whole categories of human beings as less than or other, is not … Continue reading

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The Uncommon Reader

OMG I read a book! Yes, indeedy, I did. A Christmas present from my mum, I’d wishlisted it over at Amazon and lo it did arrive. Alan Bennett is very much of the Stephen Fry ilk, only different, and pretty … Continue reading

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Close Range by Annie Proulx

I’ve found that novels I’ve tried to read in recent years haven’t had the kind of themes I’m interested in and there are so many on line sources of material that the formally published book comes a poor second on … Continue reading

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The Dialectic of Sex

Challenging. A definite must read for any budding feminist this book will definitely knock your socks off. Much of the content imagines what a future feminist world might evolve into. Some of it is a little hard to take and … Continue reading

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Woman’s Inhumanity to Woman

Written by Phyllis Chesler. While I found this book relied a little too much on personal anecdotes and could have done with a serious edit to tighten it up, it addresses a very important topic not much discussed in relation … Continue reading

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Bookmaking Class at the PRCA

Lori and I taught a bookmaking class at the PRCA. Both of us have a lot of experience in making books but we’ve never tried to teach anyone else how to do this. We chose to make a simple accordion … Continue reading

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