Monthly Bookpost, September 2019
Prelude to Revolution, Mother, by Maxim Gorky"The people are beginning to boil. Every now and then some disorder crops out. Yes! Last night the cossacks came to our neighbors, and kept up an ado till...
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Going to the Races: Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And other conversations about race, by Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhDIn his first public statements, Sharpton's rhetoric...
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Adopting to the Times: Motherhood So White, by Nefertiti AustinWhite women controlled who could get away with "oops" pregnancies. This was evident when Bristol Palin became a mother at 18. The...
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The Psychology of Conservative Republicans: Civilization and its Discontents, by Sigmund FreudThe common man cannot imagine this Providence otherwise than in the figure of an enormously exalted father....
View ArticleSTRENGTH TO YOUR SWORD ARM
Things to remember in these troubled times.Nancy Pelosi is smart and a badass. She knew that the Republicans have no conscience and that their Senators would do this. She knew that there was zero...
View ArticleKOS SONGBOOK: The Iowa Caucus halftime show
(Sung to: Shakira, “Hips Don’t Lie”) Democrats are here tonight(No fighting, no fighting) We got the caucuses up in here tonight (no fighting, no fighting) (Ground Zero, Ground Zero) I never really...
View ArticleMonthly BookPost, January 2020
Historical Mystery: The Vanished Child, by Sarah Smith; Sister Pelagia and the Red Cockerel, by Boris Akunin; In the Shadow of Gotham, by Stefanie PintoffThe doctor ran down the path, reached the...
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Murder, What Fun! Whose Body; Clouds of Witness; Unnatural Death, by Dorothy Sayers“Well,” said Peter, “I thought of payin' a little friendly call on Mr.—on the owner of this farm, that is to say....
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Murder, What Fun! The unpleasantness at the Bellona Club; Strong poison, by Dorothy SayersBunter thanked him gravely for hi good opinion, and proffered a box of that equally nauseating mess called...
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Right Quarantine Reading: Sweet Secrets and Road to Chaos, by Stephanie L. Weippert"Transportal chocolate." He shrugged. "Whatever." Just because he hadn't heard of any candy with such a funny name...
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Self-Quarantine: The Metamorphosis, by Franz KafkaOne morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like...
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A Surge In Girlpower: The Power, by Naomi AldermanNothing special has happened today; no one can say she was more provoked than usual. It is only that every day one grows a little, every day something...
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A Boozy Beggar Who Could Think You Under The Table: Being and Time, and What is Metaphysics, by Martin HeideggerHuman existence can relate to be-ing only if it is itself beholden to no-thing. Going...
View ArticleMonthly BookPost, August 2020: Animal House, by George Orwell
" Never had Faber College--and with a kind of surprise they remembered that it was their own college, every inch of it their own property--appeared to the Animals so desirable a place. As Flounder...
View ArticleKOS SONGBOOk: The Wreck of the Klanish Armada
The legend goes on from Sam Houston on downAbout Texans who act immaturelyThey warn you, be wise and try not to capsizeWhen the storms of November come early!The Republicans, they put on quite a...
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The No Body Problem: The Light Brigade, by Kameron HurleyAnd see what happened to America, after. It became everything it accused others of being. It tore itself apart, riddled by the rot of...
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Great Books Wrapup: "The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber", by Ernest Hemingway; "A Rose for Emily", by William Faulkner; "A Mathematician's Apology", by G.H. HardyIt's that some of them stay...
View ArticleFrom the Kos Songbook: Oompa loompas
Oompa Loompa Doopitty Doe Look! CNN has called it for Joe!Oompa Loompa Doopitty DendNow at long last, our nightmare can endWhat do you get when you govern by tweets?Pandering to brown shirts and white...
View ArticleTHE AMERICAN DYSFUNCTIONAL CHILDHOOD
We're a big family, but there's plenty to go around.Or there would be, if Dad didn't spend so much of it in himself, and on spoiling the favorite sons and telling all of us how much better and more...
View ArticleMonthly Bookybook post, November 2020
Destination Elsewhere: The 10,000 Doors of January, by Alix E. Harrow"But you still know about doors, don't you? Because there are ten thousand stories about ten thousand doors, and we know them as...
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