Lumdrops
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Book Review: California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric–And What It Means for America’s Power Grid by Katherine Blunt
Katherine Blunt created a stunning piece of investigative journalism, interviewing 200 sources for her look at PG&E and its import in national energy grid considerations…
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Myth in Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
I was once asked about my thoughts on Ocean Vuong’s use of the Narcissus myth in On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous compared with Ovid’s take. Although Vuong’s…
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Long Time Kindler, First Time Kobo-ler
Took the dive on a more expensive Kobo ecosystem, but happier so far. Kobo Libra Colour Thoughts: Overall, I prefer the user interface: The hardware…
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Quick Book Review – Álvaro Enrigue’s Sudden Death
Deeply researched. Every part of my brain was activated. Enrigue gives an ambitious historical retelling that speaks to larger political issues (e.g. sexuality, colonization, the…
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Car Eulogy
Goodbye my car My private karaoke booth, my lunchtime siesta chamber, my hot box. will never forget losing control in the snow drifts of Ithaca,…
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Finding One’s Ferret
When I arrived at what I shall refer to as the ferret den, I was so overloaded with cuteness . . . “How can someone pick?”…
