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Hanging up my Mask and Fins
I came to this “wreck” with a book of myths, too. I thought I knew what literacy, teaching, and media “ought” to look like, which stories get told in classrooms and which stay underwater, unread. Threadbare Beauty became my way of climbing down the ladder anyway—“face down in the ladder and the ladder is always there”—to see…
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Kumquat by Alanna King
She said “Just pinch a bit of your belly and inject”This poison into your veins -Once a week – And it will beat the disease back where it belongs”You’ll battle that voice in your head that wonders:“Why does feeling better require hurting myself?”But you’ll find out that pain is relevant to the treatmentThe treatment is…
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Hopeless in Hope by Wanda John-Kehewin
Hopeless in Hope by Wanda John-Kehewin My rating: 4 of 5 stars I thought the voice of the first 1/3 was really young and at the same time, the topic is right on cue for a teen audience. I’ve had lots of students in the experience of being taken into care in this age group…
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Coming Home by Tu Vuong
Coming Họmẹ by Tu Vuong My rating: 4 of 5 stars When I read poetry, I try to let it sort of wash over me like rain, because to capture all of the nuance in meaning at once isn’t possible at the first read. I admire Tu’s ambition of trying to create an arc to…
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The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman
The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s dry — but if you let ideas percolate, rather than racing to finish it, I think almost everyone would find the intersections of engineering and design really useful to their work. Things I will take away: the product needs…
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Talking to Canadians by Rick Mercer
Talking to Canadians by Rick Mercer My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s a healthy romp back into the history of Canadian drama and television and politics. I enjoyed reliving my own personal history with these topics through his parallel life — it turns out we’re almost the same age so his references to music…
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