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Forthcoming books Reflections

Pre-writing a Biography

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Post date June 1, 2023
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What to do before you start drafting your life story—or someone else’s

Tags biography, journalism, laura defazio, nonfiction, oral history, process, writing

Marginalia/just for fun Reflections

Women’s History Month Roundup

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Post date March 31, 2023
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The women we read and love. . .

Tags dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1893

Partners Reflections

Bookstore Cats and Living in a New (Old) City

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Post date November 18, 2022
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Bookstore cats are good for the soul 🙂

Tags bookstore cats, Caroline Moore, distribution, New Orleans, sales

Marginalia/just for fun Reflections

Staff Summer Reading Roundup

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Post date September 1, 2022
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Hammock on the beach, sunset, Florida Keys

Or, How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Summer Reading

Tags fun, reading, staff post, summer

Lagniappe Printed books

Depths As Well As Distances

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Post date June 20, 2022
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On the heels of yesterday’s celebration of fathers, here is Kalamu ya Salaam’s loving and thoughtful tribute to his friend, collaborator, and mentor, Tom Dent. This poem is one of the many gems in Salaam’s 2021 collection Cosmic Deputy, available here. Featured image by Richard Mortel, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.