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  • Last Minute Reading Changes For Litquake Friday I thought I had decided I would indeed read monologues from Braided Sorrow...but then I had second thoughts early Saturday. I decided I wanted something a little lighter t…
  • What To Read, What To Read Yesterday I got a mysterious call. I say mysterious because the caller ID on my cell phone said, "Private Number." In these situation, since I don't know anyone who regularly calls me from a "…
  • Currently Reading Theatre of the Oppressed by Augusto Boal I'm finally reading this must read for people who write political theatre. I grabbed it from my bookshelf this morning and started reading it on my commute t…
  • Currently Reading Terrorist by John Updike And wondering if merely writing that title here on the blog will result in governmental readership... I'm about half way into this book, which I have to read by June 18th w…
  • Currently Reading The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien A long, long time ago I promised a friend that I would read his favorite science fiction book. Having been recently reminded of that promise I hunted down a copy of…
  • Woman on Fire Reading Tonight at the Community College of Aurora Last fall when I was in Denver for the production of Braided Sorrow I was invited to speak at a literature class at the Community College of Aurora. The p…
  • Book Club Recap I dunno. I'm beginning to think that the best book club conversations include a variety of perspectives, differing opinions, and disagreement. When it's a love fest, it's kinda boring. Don't get me wron…
  • Currently Reading The Book of Questions by Pablo Neruda I've become one of those people who read Neruda. I say "one of those people" because sometimes I wonder if some people read Neruda to be seen with one of his bo…
  • There Will Come Soft Rains I don't know why but the short story "There Will Come Soft Rains," popped into my head this morning. I know I probably read it in high school. I checked out a gigantic Ray Bradbury anthology f…
  • Currently Reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz I've been meaning to blog about this book and now I'm almost finished with it. I usually don't read books this fast...I think I bought it on Monda…

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