Dear Madam President, Jennifer Palmieri

Must read for every little girl, little boy, their parents, their extended family.... wouldn't it be great if this was handed out in schools.
So uplifting and hopeful. Don't see much of that.

Improvement, Silber

Finished reading today. Won the NBCC award for fiction and the Pen/Faulkner award for fiction.
Love her "Art of Time in Fiction."

Reading: How Language Began

Light the Dark. Fabulous.

Women in history: overlooked by NYTimes obituaries.

How many amazing women have we never heard of because they were disappeared. Their lives never celebrated? Here's a start. Obituaries that never happened.

Reading: Fires of Vesuvius, Mary Beard

Reading: Nicole Walker, Rachel Hadas