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100 books in 2020, Big Books in 2021

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

My big picture reading goal in 2020 was to finally crack the 100 books in a year mark which I have been approaching for a few years. I was able to accomplish t...

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The Future of Collected Miscellany

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Kevin Holtsberry / 3 Comments

The biggest motivation for me to keep this site going is the realization that social media and other distractions had undermined my ability to concentrate and f...

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The Clothing of Books by Jhumpa Lahiri

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

A lecture turned book(let), it was nevertheless interesting to read an author's thoughts on book covers and to ruminate on their role, impact, etc. It is not s...

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2016: My Year In Books

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Let's take a quick look back at 2016 as it pertains to books. My year in books as it were. For this post I just want to take a high level look. In a separate...

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Video: Books I Want To Read

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Wherein I start video blogging and talk about two large books I want to read ...

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Jonah Goldberg on writing a book

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Kevin Holtsberry / 2 Comments

The problem, you see, is that people who don’t write books don’t know what an unending, unyielding ass-ache they are. I’d compare them to a no...

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The lament of literature teachers everywhere

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Via You’re All Just Jealous of My Jet Pack

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Collected Miscellany at Ten Years

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 3 Comments

This Blog began ten years ago yesterday . Kinda wild to think about that. It is hard to judge your own writing output over ten years but if I had to offer a ju...

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