The small boy was getting a little stir crazy today, so we decided to go for a little “field trip” to check out Looking Glass Bookstore. I have never really personally taken an interest in poetry. It’s not that I am unopen to the genre, it’s just that I have never purposefully exposed myeslf to it. Up until now I have mostly read to learn, rather than to neccesarily enjoy having my nose in a book. I don’t know if I feel like the 16 years I spent in school was a huge waste of time, and now I am trying to make up for it. But I always seem to orbit around the same sections when I’m in a bookstore: political theory, sociology, American history, and ecology. The great thing about maintaining this blog is it has forced me to open my eyes to the rest of the vast literary universe encompassed by fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry. Which led Jaxon and I to pick up this book:
Guest's Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge
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While at Broadway Books (which is known for their biography selection) yesterday I also came across another book that ties in with the historical moment that was Obama’s inauguration. Yesterday’s abolitionists were todays civil rights advocates and community organizers, and no other abolitionist carried out his beliefs with such fervor as one John Brown. Without these early opponents of the awful institution of slavery, we would have no Obama. Those who know me and my reading style best, know that I tend to gravitate towards non fiction, specifically political and historical nonfiction. That may have played a part in addition to the Obama meme, as to why sweet pea and I picked up this book:
Reynolds' John Brown
Product Description:
An authoritative new examination of John Brown and his deep impact on American history.
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After watching this mornings inauguration, I sincerely hope Obama is everything we believe him to be, I packed up the little guy and we headed down to Broadway Books. It has been a while since I’ve been in the store, so I wanted to peek around a little bit as I plan on reviewing them on Friday. Since this mornings events weighed so heavily on my mind, I couldn’t help but stop and pull out this book from among the sales rack:
Terkel's Hope Dies Last
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The keyboard on my computer decided to quit working today, so it gave me an excuse to run down to the local Mac Store located in the Cedar Hills shopping complex. The other thing that just so happens to be located there is Powell’s. Never one to pass up a good reason to browse a nearby bookstore, I stopped in and took a look before making my way over to get the keyboard. While there I ran across a book that stopped me (and my baby boy) in our tracks:
Parzybok's Couch
Benjamin Parzybok created a journal published through gumball machines (Gumball Poetry) and a city-wide mystery/treasure hunt (Black Magic Insurance Agency). His previous jobs include: ghostwriter for the Governor of Washington state, web developer, Taiwanese factory technical writer, asbestos removal janitor, potato sorter, and congressional page. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with the writer Laura Moulton and their son. Couch is Parzybok’s first novel.
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