Posted on May 23, 2021
by Adam Burgess
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The weather here in America’s hottest region has been strange this weekend, to say the least. It’s tens of degrees cooler than normal and we’re even getting snow in the mountains! Snow in late-May! It’s quite an event, let me tell you, and I’ve… Continue Reading “Snow Day Updates”
Category: AAPI Heritage, Books, Cambodia, Japan, Joseph O. Legaspi, Loung Ung, Memoir, Mia Alvar, Philippines, Poetry, Short Story, Timothy Liu
Posted on May 1, 2021
by Adam Burgess
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Hello, everyone, and Happy May Day! I had an incredibly active reading month in April, so I’m going to post the list of titles that I read (by genre) below, with very, very brief comments on each. I read a total of 16 titles,… Continue Reading “April is the Coolest Month”
Category: AAPI Heritage, Anne Lamott, Books, ccspin, Chris Tse, Classics Club, Dark Academia, Donna Tartt, Ernest Hemingway, Essay, Glyn Maxwell, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Jamie O'Neill, Jean Valentine, Joseph O. Legaspi, Justin Phillip Reed, Kazuo Ishiguro, LGBT, Louise Glück, Maggie O'Farrell, Poetry, Robert Frost, Short Story, Tracy K. Smith
Posted on September 3, 2020
by Adam Burgess
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Hello, my beloveds. Long time no see! My apologies for the absence. I’m sure many of you, like me, have been struggling with the continued pandemic, the back-to-school season, and the rather horrifying events taking place around the United States and the world, not… Continue Reading “August, #TheSealeyChallenge, and More”
Category: Blog Post, Book Review, Buddhism, Carlos Bulosan, Craig Moreau, D.A. Powell, Eduardo C. Corral, History, Joseph O. Legaspi, Joy Harjo, Ocean Vuong, Poetry, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Sam Sax, The Sealey Challenge, Thich Nhat Hanh, Tommy Pico
Posted on August 7, 2020
by Adam Burgess
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As promised in 8 Rapid Reviews, Part 1, here are the other eight books I’ve read recently but haven’t had the chance to properly review. I’m not going into much depth on these because, well, I just want to get caught up! But I… Continue Reading “8 More Rapid Reviews”
Category: antiracism, black lives matter, Brazil, Chen Chen, Colson Whitehead, Danez Smith, Joseph O. Legaspi, LGBT, Lucas Rocha, Malcolm X, Non-Fiction, Poland, Robin DiAngelo, Tomasz Jedrowski, Young Adult
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