On April 20th, Mama’s Crowbar (formerly Awful Annie’s) is hosting the first night of the Scratchpad Reading Series here in Portland.

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Josh on January 1st, 2010

In a broad sense, there are scores of books that have helped to chart the course of human history in a very real way. Be it the Bible or Mein Kampf, The Art of War or The Republic, books have shaped society for centuries. Books, pamphlets and plays have sparked revolutions, toppled empires and challenged the way we look at the world as a people. Old Billy Shakespeare wasn’t kidding around when he wrote that “many wearing rapiers are afraid of goosequills.”

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Josh on November 12th, 2009

I’ve got a new post over at Murmur.com this week about re-reading books and the fact that I, for some reason, don’t do it.
One thing you’ll almost never see me doing, however, is re-reading books.  There are a ton of books that I consider favorites of mine - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, [...]

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