Literature Lust: Love Letter for Readers and Writers
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March 15, 2020 / #8 / What can you learn in a bookstore?
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I read because I learn so much. Reading opens my eyes to different cultures, beliefs, and theories. Because I've read, historical events have become real. Characters come alive. Jungles, mountains, beaches, oceans, and deserts have surrounded me.
But sometimes I learn things in a bookstore that far outweigh academic knowledge. I have to share this story with you because it meant so much to me.
I want to hear from you. Tell me what you're reading. Share your thoughts.
Drop me a note! Thanks for joining me on my literary adventures. Happy reading!
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"The I's Have It!" Two New Books To Investigate: Inheritance & Indelicacy
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Dani Shapiro is a well-known author and memoirist. Her newest book, Inheritance, chronicles her journey of discovery after she finds out that her beloved father was not her father at all.
Her website says that
In
heritance is a book about secrets–secrets within families, kept out of shame or self-protectiveness; secrets we keep from one another in the name of love."
Inheritance was named as a top book of 2019 by
Wired Magazine and
Vanity Fair. It's a best seller on the
New York Times,
Washington Post,
Boston Globe, San Franscisco Chronicle, and National Indie list.
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haunted feminist fable. Amina Cain’s Indelicacy is the
story of a woman
navigating between gender and class roles to empower herself and fulfill her dreams.
"A cleaning woman at a museum of art nurtures aspirations to do more than simply dust the paintings around her. She dreams of having the liberty to explore them in writing, and so must find a way to win herself the time and security to use her mind.
She escapes her lot by marrying a rich man, but having gained a husband, a house, high society, and a maid, she finds that her new life of privilege is no less constrained. Not only has she taken up different forms of time-consuming labor—social and erotic—but she is now, however passively, forcing other women to clean up after her."
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Have you ever had a physical response to a book cover?
For me, it happened just a couple weeks ago when I ran across a perfect copy of
The Bridges of Madison County.
Remember that little book? It made Robert James Waller a millionaire and sold despite scathing reviews.
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How to Sell 60 Million Books in Spite of the Critics
A look back at Robert James Waller's The Bridges of Madison County A little book with a lasting impact. Critics hated it. Readers loved it. In spite of the naysayers, "Bridges" sold 60 million copies. Waller employed 3 tactics to create an aura...
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"Remember books? They're like Twitter threads, only longer..."
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Yes, You Can Write!
Now is your moment.
It's time to tell your story.
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Stories are meant to be told. Just do it.
If you need impetus on how to get started writing, here are three articles that might help:
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For Word-Nerds Everywhere:
Vocabulary From My Latest Literary Travels
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argot
"
the jargon or slang of a particular group or class"
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ovoid
"an egg-shaped solid or three-dimensional surface."
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talismanic
"representing and inspiring a particular group."
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Do you know the book,
I Know Why the
Caged Bird Sings
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How a Poet Improved My Writing, My World, and My Life
Maya Angelou entered from the back of a big conference room. Well before I could see her, I heard her, a booming, mellifluous, voice with just a bit of gravel in it. She was striding down the aisle, singing, shouting, chanting words that...
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If you haven't read
Fredrik Backman's novel,
A Man Called Ove,
please consider it.
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How to Make a Bitter, Old Man Loveable |
3 Tactics by Fredrik Backman in A Man Called Ove that change the main character, Ove, from a bitter, old curmudgeon into a flawed, but lovable man. Ove is a snarly character who "points at people he doesn't like the look of, as if they were...
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Have you ever heard of a short novella by Katherine Anne Porter titled, "Pale Horse. Pale Rider"?
It's about the 1918 Flu Epidemic.
I've been thinking about writing about the 1918 Flu Epidemic since its hundred-year anniversary in 2018, and I'm just now getting it done. Maybe it has more impact now with the Corona virus than it would have two years ago. What do you think?
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