Dawn Reader
A blog about books--about writing--about readers and reading--about teaching.
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Highfalutin'
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So ... this morning ... in the coffee shop ... I'm reading along in a book and come across the word highfalutin' . Now, I know ...
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Friday, July 15, 2016
Frankenstein Sundae, 241
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More about trying to recover details about Mary's story, details I'd lost in the years after I quit working full-time on her stor...
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Coxey's Crusade
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I first heard of "Coxey's Army" when I was researching and writing about the life of Jack London. In 1894, when he was in h...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Frankenstein Sundae, 240
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a pause to refresh the screen So today—July 13, 2016—I pause to think about what I’m doing. That’s generally a good thing to do ever...
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Tuesday Triple
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NOT my SAT score; NOT my address on Pennsylvania Ave., NOT my number of Facebook friends, NOT my bank balance, NOT ... all sorts of stuf...
Monday, July 11, 2016
Frankenstein Sundae, 239
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Back to Mary in 1827, when she meets Frances Wright, the great social reformer. On August 22, 1827, Mary received a significant letter...
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Sunday Sundries, 110
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1. AOTW--No one really stood out this week (other than the usual Traffic Doofuses), so I will take the crown myself this week, with apolo...
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