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Old books and ecosystem services

How libraries are like coral reefs.

Posted byDavidMay 6, 2017April 28, 2020Posted inFiction and BooksTags:books, coral reefs, Darwin, featured, libraries, novellas, writingLeave a comment on Old books and ecosystem services

Five books that helped me survive 2016

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Five books that I read in the past year that changed the way I think.

Posted byDavidDecember 17, 2016February 17, 2019Posted inFiction and Books, TravelTags:2016, books, humboldt, jim harrisonLeave a comment on Five books that helped me survive 2016

What to read this summer: recommendations from writers who teach

A pair of fiction writers and teachers offer their summer reading picks.

Posted byDavidJuly 13, 2016Posted inFiction and Books, Tips, TravelTags:books, Werner Herzog, writingLeave a comment on What to read this summer: recommendations from writers who teach

Libraries are awesome

book on shelf

“I’m waiting to check your book out at the library,” someone once told me. I wanted to tell him to just go out and buy it. But I didn’t. And I’m glad. Here’s why.

Posted byDavidMarch 25, 2016Posted inFiction and BooksTags:books, libraries, Prague, The Cave of TimeLeave a comment on Libraries are awesome

Three books to read in celebration of Véraison

Grapes turning color

You’ve heard about summer reading lists, but what about books to celebrate véraison? Here’s my take on them.

Posted byDavidJuly 30, 2015Posted inFiction and Books, Food and wineTags:books, summer, veraisonLeave a comment on Three books to read in celebration of Véraison
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