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Prison for Profit

American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer

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They convince themselves, with remarkable ease, that they are in the business of punishment, because it makes the world better, not because it makes them rich.” In 2014, Mother Jones reporter Shane Bauer went undercover as a guard at Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, Louisiana. Winn Correctional was a for-profit prison run by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), later renamed to the deceptively publicly responsible CoreCivic. American Prison: A Reporter’s Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment delves into the history of prisons-for-profit and Bauer’s […]

Broadway Through the Decades

Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway by Michael Riedel

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Fittingly for a book about Broadway, Razzle Dazzle takes a big swing. It’s an incredibly ambitious project, covering a wide span of territory, in time if not geography. Geographically, Riedel’s main focus is on a slice of West 44th Street known as Shubert Alley. That’s where the Shubert Organization, owners of 17 Broadway theaters, conduct their business. Founded as a family business by Sam Shubert and his younger brothers Lee and J.J., the company had many up and down periods under their control, which formally […]

Time is change. Change is time.

Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

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Another excellent library book. When I read fiordeligi’s review of Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian‘s Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature, I knew I needed to read it asap. And then it took me a while for my library hold to come in. Fairly early in the book, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian relates a sexual assault she experienced at elementary school after she stood in front of her class and talked about slugs. I had to lie down for a bit, because I remember the ways the […]

What else can I learn about myself?

The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown

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I’m a little burned out on self-help books, but I always think the next one will help me a little more. On the whole, I’ve learned some important things about myself, as well as various coping strategies. I keep reading them even though I’m tired of them because I have a little FOMO when it comes to missing that one book that will fully explain me to myself. Brené Brown was recommended to me by my therapist, and The Gifts of Imperfection (2010) seemed like something of […]

Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam for layfolks

The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by James Martin

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Every now and again, there’s a picture of David Tenant that pops up on social media where he’s taking a selfie at a con, and there’s some guy just next to him with his nose in his phone. The caption is almost always some suggestion of what the other guy is missing being that close to a celebrity and not knowing it.  Here’s my version of that, kind of. I kind of remember the final time I graduated that the Commencement speaker was referred to […]

Lots of cat pictures and cat things

Cat by Leila Jarbouai, Hannah Shaw, Phaidon

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This one I picked up for the cover. Cartoon style black cat curled up, title simply “Cat”. It’s an art book, over 200 pages of cats in painting, photograph, wood cut, and objects over time. Each page has an image and the museum description (although not always where the original currently lives). There’s almost a little bit of everything, from graffiti, to an Hermes scarf, to a Garfield strip (had to wait a while for that one) to Nyan-cat to Warhol and Doré to da […]



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