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1000 books: Sex Tips for Girls.

October 26, 2020October 16, 2020 by Kij Johnson

Sex Tips for Girls, Cynthia Heimel, from the dizzying past of 1983. Not actually a book about sex tips. Well, okay, maybe 25% a book […]

Musings

1000 books: Lutheran Handbook.

October 22, 2020October 15, 2020 by Kij Johnson

The Lutheran Handbook, from Augsburg Fortress, 2005. I was raised Lutheran, next to a Lutheran Church, with a Lutheran minister for a father. I can […]

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1000 books: African American Tales and Sister Bernadette.

October 19, 2020October 15, 2020 by Kij Johnson

African American Folktales: Stories from Black Traditions in the New World by Roger D. Abrahams, from the Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library, from 1985. […]

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1000 books: Bradshaw’s.

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 by Kij Johnson

Bradshaw’s Illustrated Hand Book to London and Its Environs, 1862. I honestly could not find this anywhere online to link to, but it’s a 2012 […]

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The last 1,000 books.

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 by Kij Johnson

Since I’m sort of between binge-reads (of Golden-Age mystery writers) and binge-watches (of whatever Barbara tells me to watch), I decided to start at the […]

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Five things, as I wait for soup to make itself.

January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 by Kij Johnson

https://www.patreon.com/posts/five-things-as-i-32930251 There aren’t a lot of people I can read the way I read Sjón, with a respect that is awe-adjacent, and without a twinge […]