Springing into Open Arts
I was recommended this book by a teenager and am glad I dove in. It’s a gentle read with lots to learn about Oakland, crime, punishment, LGBTQIA+ and everything in between those two domains. A coupla teenagers aboard the 57 bus in Oakland– going to a fro their lives — one lights the other’s skirt
This article struck me: https://sojo.net/articles/adhd-showed-me-i-wasnt-spiritual-failure I hope you all are doing ok out there ❤
I really enjoyed this article and thought I should share here: https://www.noemamag.com/a-country-shaped-by-poetry/
I thoroughly enjoyed The Woman in Me by Britney Spears. I acquired this from the Woodland Public Library– the queue was very long! I think I was something like the 349th person in line to read this book. It was worth the wait. Reading this book felt like Britney was my gal pal for about
Well friends, working on a Sunday sucks and yet, we find our joys. Today I’m working on course development for a class I’m actively teaching, which makes me extra anxious. I’ve been trying to pull out a lesson about nootropics — brain enhancing plants — the last several weeks. Today there was a breakthrough. I
Osborne is new to me– I was recommended to read The Forgiven but started with his most recent novel On Java Road instead. It is his newest book — I borrowed it from the library and am better for reading it. Based on Hong Kong, during the heavy protests about independence, this book kept me
An amazing recommendation from my neighbor Diane. On the back of an envelope I wrote, So what do you like to read? We have been connected at least 5 years through the library and somehow this question slipped my mind. We’ve been too busy working for the library and literacy council. She got back with
It took a little longer than a month, but I’ve finished reading The Seven Sisters. I enjoyed it but do not think I’ll continue in the series, as the writing style is not for me– it’s just a bit too much. The story kept me interested, the characters are lovely, but I felt like sometimes
I recently read an article in LitHub about the 2023 Best of American Poetry and was inspired to investigate the lineage. The series is new to me so I have put several anthologies on hold at the library and invested in a few – such as this first Best of the Best – from Better
I learned about this series while riding the train to Los Angeles in the spring- I ate in the café car for the first time in ages and sat next to an Irish woman for lunch who was reading this book. It took a while to get in my hands but here we are. I
Open Arts Spring 2024 