Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes
- I’m With The Banned (“My three kids have my blessing to read anything they want, and I absolutely encourage them to read banned books. Why? Because I respect them and think they’re smart, and because I want them to draw their own conclusions … I want my kids to be critical thinkers.”)
- Why I Hate Shakespeare (“I’ve come to terms with my unpopular opinion. I no longer fear the judgment of others, and I unapologetically proclaim that, to me, Shakespeare is highly overrated.”)
Blog Headline of the Week
(Deplorable) Legal Theory of the Week
- A West Virginia prosecutor wants a domestic battery charge against him dismissed on the grounds he has a constitutional right to discipline his son with a belt
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Bookish Links
- A study of South Texas teenagers showed those who read books on the American Library Association’s list of 30 books commonly challenged over the past decade were more likely to get involved in civic and volunteer activities
- Increased reliance on the internet impacts the way we read — Or does it?
- Bookish Lists: 20 books from the 90s that remain great today; the spring’s nine best new books; what will Don Draper read in 1969?; and nine great “poop reads“
- Book Awards: Minnesota Book Awards; LA Times Book Prizes; Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist; and International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award shortlist
Nonbookish Links
- More than 55 percent of Americans believe in at least one conspiracy theory
- The 80s’ D&D panic
- The 2014 Jefferson Muzzles were announced, with the Department of Justice taking the top dishonor
- Dogs can put problems into perspective
- Ten social media words that need to die
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
