Category Archives: books

The particular moment of charm

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Liz Henry

I spent some time this week going through my book wishlist, requesting them from the library in a new surge of conviction that THIS TIME I won’t just eat the very same cost of the books in library fines as … Continue reading →

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Shorter posts with more worklogs and book reviews

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Liz Henry

While I love to go on at length and be thorough sometimes it’s been stopping me from recording interesting stuff lately. I’ll be at a conference and take great notes, which years ago I would have posted unedited. Now I … Continue reading →

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The bottom of my ramblin’ shoes

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Liz Henry

I had ambitions today to be intellectually productive but am still convalescing from this annoying cold. Since I don’t have a fever and am getting better, I went back on immunosuppressants. This weekend I had a fantastic time with friends … Continue reading →

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Book roundup: Bitterblue, Simoqin, Three Felonies a Day

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Liz Henry

Quick notes on some books I’ve read recently. I have laryngitis (still!!!) and it seems to be worsening rather than getting better. So I will write rather than talk. Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore, which I picked up from a tip … Continue reading →

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Rebecca West kick, and some poetry

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Liz Henry

In the last week or so I’ve read a lot of novels by Rebecca West. I tried to read her nonfiction about Mexico but couldn’t stomach her archness. Maybe later. But I loved The Birds Fall Down, and The Saga … Continue reading →

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Morning reading

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Liz Henry

I am reading “La ciudad deshabitada” by Ernesto Cardenal and the translation by Steven F. White, in Poets of Nicaragua. Cardenal’s long lines, and long thoughts, are very beautiful, mind-expanding to encompass. Ciudad deshabitada: anti-colonialist, utopian, revolutionary. Though I am … Continue reading →

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Half a shelf of Perl books

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Liz Henry

The new version of Intermediate Perl is in the Noisebridge library nestled up against all the other blue animal books. Intermediate Perl is a new and expanded version of Perl Objects, References, and Modules. Its new chapters are: Using Modules, … Continue reading →

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Imagining radical democracy, practicing feminist anarchy

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Liz Henry

At WisCon a couple of weeks ago I was on a panel called Imagining Radical Democracy with Alexis Lothian, L. Timmel Duchamp, and Andrea Hairston. We talked about political change, culture, and science fiction, leaping into mid conversation. Everyone was … Continue reading →

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My latest terrible invention

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Liz Henry

Instead of explaining about all the posts I mean to write and haven’t, about WisCon and my ankles and all the books I’ve been reading, I bring you my latest terrible invention, to go with the Catula, Elboff, the Beer … Continue reading →

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Unruly Islands will blow your mind, so buy it

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Liz Henry

If you don’t really like poetry because it usually sucks and is embarrassing, buy my latest book of poems, Unruly Islands. Buy some extra copies for your friends and one for your giant robot. It goes well in hackerspaces! Poems … Continue reading →

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