Paula Younger

the first good post i think i've ever seen from a democratic committee account

wait why does the dept of government efficiency have two co-chairs

“This Will Be Fun.” On the Life and Times of a Comics Master, Jules Feiffer In the summer of 1946, Jules Feiffer, then 17, determined to make a career in comics, entered the studio of his hero Will Eisner. At 29, Eisner was an eminence in an industry that had just moved on…

@paulwmorton.bsky.social remembers the legendary master cartoonist Jules Feiffer.

Perspective | The shooting at my King Soopers also destroyed a haven of warmth and inclusion What happened at the grocery store wounded a part of Boulder that feels as if it’s already dying.

Today the workers of my favorite Colorado grocery store, King Soopers, begin their 2-week strike, aiming to prevent cuts to health benefits. I will observe the two-week boycott in honor of Teri Leiker, who bagged my groceries for years before she was killed while she was working. bit.ly/4hs1m21

YouTube video by The Golden Circle Caroline Kennedy reads her letter to Senators denouncing her “predator” cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Damning.

remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards

4-week class: Personal Essays: From the Particular to the Universal, Zoom via Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Feburary 3 - 24, 6:30-8:30 p.m. MST.

I'm teaching a Zoom class on personal essays through Lighthouse Writers Workshop starting Feb 3! Come learn how we can expand our personal essays by incorporating cultural and historical touchstones, art criticism, research, and other sources. Mondays, 6:30-8:30 MST! bit.ly/4jC68LI

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So freakin’ common!

Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says The Justice Department’s conclusion follows an investigation of the 1921 atrocity in Oklahoma in which up to 300 Black residents were killed.

The Tulsa Race Massacre was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens, the Justice Department said in a report. It was the first time the U.S. government has given an official account of the 1921 massacre of Black residents.

Read Your Way Around Chicago Chicago is a city of bookish abundance, home to countless literary giants past and present. The author Rebecca Makkai recommends works that capture its spirit.

Rebecca Makkai recommends books that capture the spirit of Chicago.

Why can’t we be kind? (A Pollyanna’s case for the nice review.) Every so often here in the Bookverse, someone hitches up their britches and pronounces criticism “dead.” They lament a media ecosystem driven by publicists, and actual or perceived read…

The case for kind book criticism.

YouTube video by CountChoculatte The First Boo Berry Commercial

I have vowed to post more, & so I am here to announce that I have only just realized that Boo Berry is based on Peter Lorre.

(We are lately big into Peter Lorre in my household.)

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The Queer Author Who Spoke the Plain Truth Dorothy Allison, the Bastard Out of Carolina author who died last week, modeled the power of honesty in her writing and her life.

An amazing, true, & astonishingly written piece about Dorothy Allison by the wonderful Lily Burana.

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