41 Followers
120 Following
45 Posts
High school English teacher in Egypt who gleefully assigns books that would piss off the Republicans in my birth country.
When a school board, a library or a state bans books, itโ€™s not a show of strength. Itโ€™s a sign theyโ€™re ruled by fear. Fear of knowledge. Fear of opposing views. Fear of democracy.

Ok, friends - I am in search of recommendations. My writing brain is stuck. So, I have decided to give it a rest for 2023 and just read. I want to read a wide variety of books I have never read before. So, this is where you come in. What should I add to my list? What books have you been unable to put down? What books have you learned from? What books made you laugh, cry, get angry, escape, or imagine a world not our own?

Fiction or nonfiction - I'm interested in all of it. What say you?

The LAPD cops murdered Keenan because he is Black. They robbed this little toddler of his loving father. There must be justice to correct this evil.
Say his name - #KeenanAnderson
Alexandria really does have beautiful sunrises in winter.

In the face of their vile cruelty, we will continue to model what the power of community care and humane and dignified treatment of people in need looks like.

Immigrants in Washington state at risk of deportation can call our Deportation Defense Hotline for support: 1-844-724-3737. (2/2)

Actually, the tax returns of all Supreme Court justices should absolutely be made public. That should be a requirement to be one of the nine people with lifetime appointments who make final legal decisions for the rest of the country.
Trump freed 5,000 Taliban terrorists. Feels like a good time to remind everybody of that.
I am so lucky to live in a city with a world-class library. I took my AP Seminar class on a field trip to the Bibliotheque Alexandrina yesterday, where the extraordinary professionals guided them through the resources they can use for their research. I was in my happy place (even when we were in the stack section with the same textbooks I used in law school). The kids loved it. I encourage everyone to visit bibalex.org

Drag queens are not a danger to society.

White supremacists are a danger to society.

"Miss, did they have TVs in Pride and Prejudice?"

My high school students crack me up.