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What is the Schedule?
Ok gang — it looks like our calendar could be questionable in the next few weeks. We already know the sisters are unavailable on the 16th (composting class?!), and Ant has something on the 23rd.… more →
Barely a Book Club
"What Is the What"
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wrote 1 month ago: A novel, yet a true story. Don’t be confused. This book is the autobiography of a young man … more →
What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng by Dave Eggers
wrote 1 month ago: First things first: Let’s try to clear up some of the oxymoronic labels. Although this title i … more →
Books That Are Brutal When You Have a Kid
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wrote 2 months ago: I don’t like horror movies at all. I’ve never been able to say “Oh, that looks so … more →
Fact or Fiction?
wrote 2 months ago: Though I have never read Dave Eggers’ work before this one, I admit I was always intrigued by their … more →
just a girl
wrote 2 months ago: Do you ever have the experience of realizing that a lot of time has passed in what felt like no time … more →
Haitian Honeymoon
wrote 3 months ago: After just 5 short days, I am back from Haiti. My time there was jam-packed with gathering footage f … more →
Conflicted Opinion: What is the What (Dave Eggers)
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wrote 3 months ago: I must have been about eight or nine when I ate too many cinnamon cheerios and up-chucked all over t … more →
In My Mailbox: Sebastian Junger, Dave Eggers, Ann Patchett, and More!
wrote 4 months ago: Books in This Episode War by Sebastian Junger (Jack’s review) What Is the What by Dave Eggers … more →
Reflections on East Africa, one year past
wrote 4 months ago: “Everytime we go out for drinks lately you tell me about some horrible thing happening in Africa,” m … more →
In My Mailbox: Laura Hillenbrand, Suzanne Collins, and Gift Cards!
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wrote 5 months ago: Books in This Episode Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laur … more →
Non-fiction? More like Non-interesting!
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wrote 5 months ago: For the last year or so I have been predominantly reading fiction. I’m not really sure why. Tr … more →
Adding new books to the curriculum...a brainstorming session
wrote 6 months ago: A few weeks ago, I wrote about the fact that students need to read current, more relevant material i … more →
Three Best Sellers in One Texas Town
wrote 6 months ago: Sometimes city living is terrible. The traffic sucks.. even on a Saturday. In Austin, there’s … more →
Weekly Roundup: Volume 1, Issue 17
wrote 6 months ago: 1.Documentary Update I’ve got some great updates this week! To begin, our film’s officia … more →
What is the What
wrote 7 months ago: “I will not wait to love as best as I can. We thought we were young and that there would be ti … more →
Book Review: Dave Eggers' What is the What
wrote 7 months ago: What is the What book cover Africa seldom appears in the world news. The hardship and suffering expe … more →
40 Things (32) - and my BiRtHdAy
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wrote 8 months ago: Cover via Amazon Following along with Boof’s 40 Day Challenge leading up to her 40th birthday, … more →
In Praise of Encouragement
wrote 9 months ago: I recently read a great little piece by Dave Eggers , author of What is the What and other novels, w … more →
Zeitoun
wrote 11 months ago: Dave Egger’s 2009 book Zeitoun, tells the story of a Syrian-American by the name of Abdulrahma … more →
