Reading Freely

Pursuing the flourishing life and human liberty through literature.
"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." - Frederick Douglass

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Monday, March 31, 2014

This week at the library: the South and the search for meaning

Dear readers: Spring is finally here, and with it, April. As is my custom, I'll be doing a special set of readings relating to Eng...

An Ice Cream War

An Ice Cream War © 1982 William Boyd 408 pages Although most of the action of the Great War took place in Europe, it spread througho...

A reading from "Confederates in the Attic"

Awakening the next morning in a $27 room at Salisbury's EconLodge, I recognized the appeal of dwelling on the South's past rather ...

Saturday, March 29, 2014

I'll Take My Stand

I'll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition © 1930 various authors. 410 pages "There was a land of Cavaliers...

Friday, March 28, 2014

Bookshelf Organization

Yesterday Daisy at the Broke and the Bookish asked about bookshelf organization. Aside from two large collections, all of my books are ...

Thursday, March 27, 2014

The Long Loneliness

The Long Loneliness © 1952 Dorothy Day 288 pages (Harper Collins, 2009( Dorothy Day came of age amid the Great War, a...

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

The Body Electric

Star Trek Cold Equations, Book Three: The Body Electric © 2013 David Mack 352 pages Bad news. There's a planet-sized machine with ...

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Stephen: A young fogey at work in a small-town library, enjoying the good life of a historic community.

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