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Two sociologists say the meltdown of rural America has reached a tipping point, one which is “transforming rural communities throughout the nation into impoverished ghost towns.” In an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, husband and wife Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas say a brain drain led to a “hollowing out” of […] Do you listen to music while reading? Does this change if you’re reading in or out of your house? Do you have a preference of music for such occasions? I occasionally do but probably less than 25 percent of the time. Whether I do so out of the house depends on the setting. […] Bulletin Board Thanks to Valerie for calling this one of her favorite book blogs during BBAW. I’m not only honored but proud of one of the reasons she cited: “off-the-beaten path book picks.” I’ve also begun contributing book reviews at Blogger News Network for a change of pace. Blog Headlines of the Week Dan Brown […] A talk by author Ellen Hopkins, who also wrote this year’s Banned Books Week Manifesto, at a Norman, Okla., middle school was reportedly cancelled after the school district superintendent received a complaint from a parent, who also filed a challenge seeking removal of one of Hopkins’ books from the school’s library. Irony is just too […] Science fiction — excuse me, speculative fiction — loves series. For whatever reason, readers — and evidently authors — can’t get enough of particular worlds or characters. And just as Margaret Atwood distances her fiction from science fiction, she may be taking the concept of a series in a different direction. Atwood’s latest novel, The […] |
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