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Book Lovers Prepare For The Metaverse 0
- ARTICLES, ESSAYS, POETRY, STORIES, BOOKS & TECHNOLOGY
- May 19, 2022
If there’s one thing book lovers love equally to reading books, then it is perhaps the collection, organization, display, and sharing of books that we have read or plan to read. But with everyone online, and with the dawn of the metaverse fast approaching, readers are changing the way we show off our most beloved
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Zola’s Refuge At Médan 0
- ARTICLES, ESSAYS, POETRY, STORIES
- January 20, 2022
For renowned nineteenth-century French Naturalist novelist Émile Zola, living a full life meant “To make a book, to plant a tree, to have a child.” And, although he eventually achieved each of these objectives, his early years did not look at all promising. His mother and seven-year-old Émile were left practically penniless as a result
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Unconventional Women: The Wild Lives Of George Sand And Colette 0
- ARTICLES, ESSAYS, POETRY, STORIES
- March 5, 2021
Bold and brilliant are terms often used to describe George Sand (1804-1876) and Colette (1873-1954). As it turns out, the two French authors have many things in common besides their celebrated literary production. Because of their character and chosen lifestyle, these feminist icons turned cultural expectations for women upside down. And somehow, despite behaviors which
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French Writers And The Club Des Hashischins 0
- ARTICLES, ESSAYS, POETRY, STORIES
- January 22, 2021
The current movement to legalize marijuana brings back memories of earlier historical events which made headline news. “Turn on, tune in, drop out” was the well-known phrase often repeated by Harvard psychologist Timothy Leary to encourage recreational drug use among mid-twentieth century Americans. In the 1940s he began studying the effects of psychedelic substances on
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What Is The Truth? 8 Books, Articles, And Podcasts To Help You Distinguish The Truth 0
- ARTICLES, ESSAYS, POETRY, STORIES, BOOK LISTS
- July 9, 2020
I get asked a lot of questions lately, but sometimes I find people don’t want to hear my answers. The purpose of the question, then, is perhaps to provoke, not actually have a dialogue. As I urged in my last article, “Keep Asking Why: Top 10 Books To Help You Understand Systemic Racism,” I implore
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Keep Asking Why: Top 10 Books To Help You Understand Systemic Racism 0
- ARTICLES, ESSAYS, POETRY, STORIES, BOOK LISTS
- June 12, 2020
I’m racist. Some may say I have some racial bias, but sugarcoating a problem isn’t a helpful tack. If you had asked me ten years ago, I would have said that I’m color-blind, and I’m embarrassed to admit it. I’ve thought, done, and said racist things in my life, never with intention, but does intention
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