Many thanks to Phoenix Books for supportingthe ethandezotelle.com virtual scavenger hunt. I'm giving away three $25 gift cards to Phoenix Books (including one generously donated by Phoenix Books), one of my favorite independent bookstores here in Vermont. Below are 12 questions, and their answers can be found in my blog posts. Think of it as …
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Thanksreading 2020: Postscript In Praise of Piles
Thanksgiving has come and gone for another year. Turkeys were carved. Pies were sliced. Leftovers were crammed into the refrigerator. And now America fights two plagues at once: COVID-19 and the inescapable sound of Christmas music everywhere. Every. Where. That said, why am I still working on a Thanksreading piece? That’s easy. I didn’t do …
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Shelf Life for Summer 2020, pt. 2
Books Bought/Found/GivenOcculture: The Unseen Forces that Drive Culture Forward by Carl AbrahamsonDevolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max BrooksGhost Cat by Beverly ButlerSkeleton Man by Joseph BruchacWhite Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiangeloThe Circle by Dave EggersHow to Fight/Love/Relax/Walk by Thich Nhat …
Shelf Life for Summer 2020, pt. 1
Books In ProgressHow To Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. KendiHard Times by Studs TerkelTime Loops by Eric Wargo Books FinishedDevolution by Max BrooksRising Strong by Brené BrownOn Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen KingBoom-shacka-lacka by William MarquessA Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry What’s this called again? Oh yeah. Writing. Lets’s give …
Thank You: An Open Letter To Educators Retiring During the Global Pandemic
Dear Retiring Educators,This is difficult to write because, well, a lot of things are difficult right now. We’re all confronting situations we never imagined would happen in our lifetimes, and every day brings a new challenge. Milestones and plans fall to the wayside like hay chaff blown by a gust of hot, summertime wind. And …
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