A review of the 2002 book When Your Pet Outlives You by David Congalton and Charlotte Alexander.

A review of the memoir Heart Like Water by Joshua Clark.

Welcome to Banned Books Week 2008 on The Thin Red Line!    Each fall the American Library Association leads the observance of Banned Books Week, celebrating Americans’ freedom to read by reminding people of the importance of this basic right.    Each year,  the ALA publishes a list of the previous calendar year’s most "challenged" books.   (A [...]

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First, my thanks to Techfun for suggesting this one to me.   It’s taken me an awful long time to read it but I have and I’m glad I did.   In Friday’s post I pointed out that art can be much more effective than traditional in conveying complex realities.   I believe that A Thousand Splendid Suns [...]