Category Archives: Books

The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy, NYRB Classics

Posted on August 18, 2016 by ubu507

Recently a woman named Tracy Tynan published a memoir (which — full disclosure — I haven’t read), that seems to center, like so many these days, on how awful mommy and daddy were. Her father was that once famous enfant … Continue reading →

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Book of the month from the Great Lakes Center for Literocity!

Posted on August 11, 2016 by ubu507
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A CAT AND A WILL

Posted on August 10, 2016 by ubu507

A rich old man dies, His will specifies that his heirs are to retain his faithful caretaker. The caretaker comes to Perry Mason’s office several days later and asks the lawyer to represent his cat. A lawyer defending a cat! … Continue reading →

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The Dawning Moon of the Mind: Unlocking the Pyramid Texts by Susan Brind Morrow

Posted on August 9, 2016 by ubu507

The “Pyramid Texts” are a group of hieroglyphics that were inscribed on the insides of the Old Kingdom pyramids at Saqqara 4,000 years ago, and, as such, some of the oldest writings that we are aware of. Intended only for … Continue reading →

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This Month’s Selection of the Great Lakes Center for Literocity Feminist Book Club

Posted on August 1, 2016 by ubu507
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Nancy Drew Tips:

Posted on June 26, 2016 by ubu507

How to protect your lamb from a wildcat from The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes 1964 It occurs to me this could also work as a cartoon with the wildcat labeled Trump and Nancy labeled the Scots…

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Since She Went Away, David Bell, New American Library, $16.99.

Posted on June 24, 2016 by ubu507

If you want a compelling reading experience, just pick up a David Bell book. Reading the first page can be like leaning over a suspense generating machine — the gears of the story will grab any loose time you have … Continue reading →

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“The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial” by Maggie Nelson, Graywolf, $16 and “Jane Doe January: My Twenty-Year Search For Truth and Justice” by Emily Winslow, Morrow, $29.99.

Posted on June 21, 2016 by ubu507

  I recently read two great true crime narratives, The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial by Maggie Nelson and Jane Doe January: My Twenty Year Search For  Truth and Justice by Emily Winslow, that started me thinking about the … Continue reading →

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A Terrific book!

Posted on April 8, 2016 by ubu507
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Latest Selection of the Great Lakes Center for Literocity Feminist Book Club

Posted on March 28, 2016 by ubu507

Dear Publisher: We’ll read it if we damn well want to!

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