the autoimmune hippie.

Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. . . Practice resurrection. – Wendell Berry

literature

  • banned books friday #30.

    This Banned Books Friday, y’all, as we are nearing the end of this project, I am grouping together two books that have nothing in common – that we might finish this up next week and get on to our new banned books project I am so excited for. ❤ This week’s books are Richard Wright’s Native… Read more

  • banned books friday #29 – it’s finally back.

    Some months ago, our Banned Books Fridays derailed as did our book reporting – and it did so during time when I feel that shouting against book bans and censorship is absolutely imperative as our rights are being threatened on many fronts. (Unfortunately, surgery and sickness prevailed for a bit.) That said, both Banned Book… Read more

  • banned books friday #26 – getting caught back up – and muddling through billy burroughs.

    Here we are, finally getting caught up on our banned books project – and I have a doozy this week. I had not read any of William Burroughs work before this one – but I went through the obligatory Jack Kerouac reading period in high school and I suppose I expected that this fellow Beat… Read more

  • our belated banned books friday #20 – james baldwin.

    This week’s Banned Books Friday – very early Monday morning as my left hip is still completely out with a CRPS flare I cannot contain so my schedule is a bit wonky – is James Baldwin’s 1953 novel Go Tell It on the Mountain. For me, this was another classic reread from my high school days… Read more