Carolyn's Tumblings
2009
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2
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5
October
5
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6
August
17
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10
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19
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9
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3
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January
2008
December
10
November
October
September
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April
7
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9
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6
January
18
2007
December
33
November
18
October
23
September
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July
27
June
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27
April
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February
January
A prison becomes a home if you hold the key.
— Supposedly, this is George...
Aug 30th
Wind from an Enemy Sky
D’Arcy McNickle, 1978 (‘78 is the year after he died; I’m not actually sure when...
Aug 27th
Story of My Boyhood and Youth
1913, John Muir We associate John Muir with Yoesmite and the West, but this is the story of his...
Aug 24th
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek...
1974, Annie Dillard Things that have rattled around in my head for the last few days: … see...
Aug 24th
... So, I logged in to Amazon...
and it promptly suggested that I “treat myself” to a Norton Anthology.
Aug 22nd
I’m struck by how important domestic animals seem, so far, three chapters into John...
Aug 20th
This is the roof of the world. An immense, sequestered...
— So opens “Ancestral Legacies,”...
Aug 20th
My uncreative first response to the much-acclaimed...
Aug 19th
We are facing a global crisis today, not because of how...
— Donald Worster on what the...
Aug 16th
Simians, Cyborgs and Women
What on earth sort of use did Morton make of this text? I found it hopelessly tangled and useless. ...
Aug 11th
The World Without Us
I want to grab all my New York loving friends and tell them to read the “City Without...
Aug 11th
They called that place Sniel-emen (Mountains of the...
— Epigraph to The Surrounded,...
Aug 11th
The Surrounded
D’Arcy McNickle, 1936 I liked this book a good deal; I’m looking forward to also...
Aug 11th
Frank Norris hates monopolies and you should too.
Aug 11th
The Octopus (Epic of Wheat Trilogy)
Frank Norris, 1901 “It’s naturalism, it’s supposed to suck,” said Chris, trying to...
Aug 11th