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Travel, exploration, philosophy, religion and science in one luminous work—Peter Matthiesen’s 1978 classic The Snow Leopard is unlike anything I’ve read before. Matthiesen’s narrative follows his expedition to the Himalayas with a zoologist friend to study the bharal, a sheep/goat which has proven elusive to classification—somewhat like this book. The language both soothes and stimulates. …
This is the first of a series I’m writing to recommend some literary gems and authors I've loved. If I can help other readers find some new ‘old’ books, I’ll be repaying some of my debt to writers. Find them! * ‘When all is said and done, killing my mother came easily.’ So begins Alice Sebold’s …
This is the beginning of a series I’m writing to recommend some literary gems. In the vast crush of information today, what is the longevity of a novel? There are so many that deserve to be remembered. If I can help other readers find some new ‘old’ books, I’ll be repaying some of my debt to writers. Find them! And enjoy.
I went to a party on Saturday night and got talking with friends about bookclubs. I'm a fan of anything that gets people reading, books circulating and authors rewarded. While reading is essentially a private activity for me, I love sharing suggestions and my lovely friends in book clubs asked me for my top ten. …
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Three books crossed my path recently that share a message, albeit in different ways. They are about the power of resilience and the value of looking inwards for answers. In 1995, grieving her mother, not knowing what she was doing in life, dabbling in heroin, loving the wrong men, losing the right ones, Cheryl Strayed made …
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Trying to get noticed? Want to get people to see YOU? To pause their feverish scrolling? The interweb is overrun with how to guarantee clicks! Wanna go viral? Here’s how! Just this morning ‘7 insane headline ideas that will give you more traffic’ floated into my in-box. The advice follows a recurring theme—success, speed, effortlessness, …
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