Monthly Archives: July 2010

Spotlight: Transgender Non-Fiction

This was originally posted at the GLBT Reading Challenge blog. When I was in high school, my mother and I would frequently have dinner at a local sit-down restaurant. My mom, who at the time was undergoing chemotherapy and radiation … Continue reading

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Library Loot: 7/22

I’ve decided to finally stop lurking and start participating in the weekly Library Loot meme. I go to the library once a week and pick up all the books bloggers have convinced me to read. I’m trying to use the … Continue reading

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Discussion: The Well of Loneliness

The first time I read (or, to be honest, tried to read) Radcylffe Hall’s lesbian classic The Well of Loneliness, I threw it across the room. Then I may have gone over, picked it up, and thrown it again. THEN … Continue reading

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Related Readings: “Controversial” Books for Politicos (and Fans of Patriotic Covers)

Note: I have included a “politico rating,” a scale from 1-10 where 1 is “anyone who reads non-fiction” and 10 is “a devotee of history and politics.” The Breakthrough: Politics and Race In the Age of Obama by Gwen Ifill … Continue reading

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June Round-Up

The view from Boston Harbor’s Spectacle Island (taken 6/29) June was quite the busy month for me; Ethan and I went to Northampton, MA, and Maine, and we entertained his parents and his brother (who came for a rare visit … Continue reading

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