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Post started: 8/7/08:I took my first sojourn with serious graphic literature last summer when I read Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis–an amazing memoir of a Satrapi coming of age in Iran during the cultural revolution. I highly recommend it. This summer, I thought I’d dip back into this fascinating (and under-recognized genre) with another graphic memoir. This [...]

We received a call today from our local library. It seems that Aidan has won first prize for the summer reading program. We love to read in our house. It’s one of Aidan’s favorite activities. We can sit for hours–literally–reading books. He’ll sit by himself and leaf through all his books. One of his favorite [...]

Sneaking in a little more summer reading with an existential classic–Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. It’s been on my to-read list for years and on my shelf for almost as long. I thought I’d move it to the top of the list.
Is my life anything more than a distraction–an endless array of meaningless preoccupations to keep [...]