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Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way by Ursula Le Guin Ursula Le Guin's death encouraged me to finally give her translation of the Tao Te Ching its due. It's one of the few seminal religious texts you might read in one sitting, although I never have. This … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
I love movies almost as much as I love books. And few things are as heartbreaking, for me, than a novel poorly adapted into a film. To be clear right up front, I'm not the kind of person that thinks books should be adapted exactly as written or not at all. No, there are many ways … Continue reading Book To Screen Wishlist (Part I)
CINDY The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye "This chapter book is about Aref and his parents, who are about to move from Oman to Ann Arbor, Michigan. His grandfather takes him around town to do their favorite things together for the last time before he leaves. They go fishing, they sleep on the … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
(image via npr.org) Spoiler alert: Ursula K. Le Guin won the National Book Awards last night. All of them. Okay, perhaps that's misleading. Le Guin took home the 2014 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. In the process, she stole the show (and our book loving hearts) with her acceptance speech, in which she warned against confusing … Continue reading 2014 National Book Award Winners
~Post by Marie; Original Artwork by Alex Rosental All of my childhood summers were spent in the small coastal town of Manzanita, Oregon, the town where my mother grew up. My grandmother lived in the same house for many years after my mother left home, and it was full of interesting artifacts from my mother’s … Continue reading Sci Friday: Venture Into the Worlds of Ursula K. LeGuin
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