01-24-2014, 11:14 PM | #76 |
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Wot? No takers?
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01-26-2014, 04:58 PM | #77 |
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Just to remind people these are the MR members that have been given the chance, or taken on the obligation, however one wishes to look at it , for picking Literary Club selections in the past:
fantasyfan December 2013 Bookpossum October 2013 sun surfer August 2013 issybird March 2012 hamlet53 November 2011 beppe June 2011 If I have missed any please inform me. There appear to be a number of people who regularly participate in some way—nominating, voting, or discussing—that do not appear on the above list. |
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01-26-2014, 05:08 PM | #78 |
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^^Yup. I'd like another turn eventually, but I'm looking forward to the selections of those who haven't had a chance yet before I go again.
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01-26-2014, 06:03 PM | #79 |
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I'm traveling and will be out of wifi/cell range most of this week and then again in part of February and much of March. Maybe then I will settle down enough to take my turn.
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01-26-2014, 06:38 PM | #80 |
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And desertblues is travelling too. (Hope you both have a wonderful time!)
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01-26-2014, 06:47 PM | #81 |
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01-26-2014, 07:55 PM | #82 |
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01-26-2014, 08:34 PM | #83 |
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Wait. Allow me to rethink my plans.
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I love that Bookpossum and fantasyfan chose the literature of their native lands. How would everyone feel about a choice of Native North American selections? I could come up with a list fairly quickly. I would have to post it by tomorrow and then would not have internet access until the weekend. Last edited by BelleZora; 01-26-2014 at 08:47 PM. |
01-26-2014, 08:51 PM | #84 |
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Sounds terrific! I for one would be very interested.
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01-26-2014, 09:24 PM | #85 |
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01-26-2014, 10:00 PM | #86 |
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Go for it!
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01-26-2014, 11:54 PM | #87 |
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Here are books by Native American/First Nation authors for February. There are so many excellent writers that this list was easy, although several adjustments were necessary because of unavailability in the UK and Australia. Six are fiction. Life of Black Hawk is autobiography that is often required reading in American high schools. I wanted to add Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King, but could not find it available outside North America. Since King cannot be passed over, I chose his 2013 nonfiction The Inconvenient Indian which is highly rated and generally available, although only in paper in Australia. I checked for availability at Kobo and Amazon UK/AU/US.
1. Reservation Blues - Sherman Alexie (Spokane-Coeur d'Alene) Spoiler:
2. The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America - Thomas King (Cherokee) Spoiler:
3. House Made of Dawn - N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa-Cherokee) Spoiler:
4. Love Medicine - Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe) Spoiler:
5. Life of Black Hawk, or Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak: Dictated by Himself (Sauk) Spoiler:
6. Fools Crow - James Welch (Blackfeet-Gros Ventre) Spoiler:
7. Almanac of the Dead - Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna Pueblo) Spoiler:
8. People of the Whale - Linda Hogan (Chickasaw Nation) Spoiler:
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01-27-2014, 06:54 AM | #88 |
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Wow! What a great list. I'm off to see which ones I can get hold of.
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01-27-2014, 09:17 AM | #89 |
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I'll eliminate Love Medicine which I read decades ago but after that, I'm not sure yet how I'll narrow my choices. Wonderful list.
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01-27-2014, 09:35 AM | #90 |
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Marvellous List!
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