I heard about Eric Klinenberg’s book Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago last month when fellow Cannonballer Lollygagger gave it a favorable review. I’ve been reading up on various memoirs and nonfiction accounts of disasters and other dystopian elements in our world, and this book seemed to fit the bill. Also, as someone who has lived outside Chicago for the last four years, I was interested in the contemporary history aspect of the book. My sister is currently in paramedic school in […]
An intimate glimpse at the AIDS crisis
I can’t remember to whom I am indebted for picking up Paul Monette’s memoir Borrowed Time. I can’t remember if I saw it here on Cannonball Read or on Goodreads. I wish I could recall it, because then I would gladly thank that kind person. As you know, I’m far more a fiction reader than any other genre, but I have read some aces memoirs lately, and this is definitely on that list. Paul Monette is a writer in San Francisco area. He is also […]
Dissecting Dystopia
I’m gearing my Composition I course this semester around the theme of Dystopia. I’m really excited for several reasons: dystopia interests me; I’ve never taught about dystopia and dystopian subjects; and I’ve never geared a composition course around a single theme. I’ve taught various themes for various papers, but I like the idea of building knowledge throughout an entire semester. A brief search on dystopia led me to Kate Brown’s book, which I hoped would be useful for me. Brown, a professor of history, wrote […]
I give it a thumbs up, even though there is a very suspect lack of Knightley here.
Alexander McCall Smith is a writer that I like very much, but I honestly can’t remember much about the books I’ve read by him. I know I read The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Maybe I read a few more of those? Maybe something a bit more Scottish? I really don’t know. But I like his easy way of writing and the warm characters that he writes, so while he isn’t a “must” writer for me, I do enjoy his books from time to time. […]
Who let the androids out? Who? Who?
This last year, I finally convinced The Chancellor to watch Blade Runner with me. He absolutely hated the whole experience. He’s definitely more into Modernism than I am. I am entertained and fascinated by postmodernism, so I found lots of food for contemplation in the movie. This led to a discussion about the source material. I’d never read anything by Philip K. Dick, and I finally decided this summer was the time to start catching up. The novel (as with the film) focuses on Rick […]
A side of faith I never considered.
I’ve been reading books about faith from people of other faiths, and it’s been such a worthwhile experience for me. Both Nadia Bolz-Weber and Rachel Held Evans referenced Sara Miles’ book Take This Bread, and that was reason enough. But in a Facebook conversation, my dear friend RLG recommended it to me as one of the key texts she’d been reading in her new position as Formation Minister at her Episcopal Church. I was on board. I am so glad I followed her recommendation. Sara […]
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