Books

Deborah discusses her “commitment to the corpus” as she decides to read Paulo Coelho’s published fiction over the next few years. Having read The Alchemist last year, she is now reading The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession and shares her thoughts with listeners. Listen Now:  Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player Read Full Story

Please re-join this series on March 20, 2010. Deborah will discuss her winter writing experiences and resume her book and web talks. Read Full Story

I am participating in National Novel Writing Month, with a goal of writing a 50,000 word novel before December 1, 2009. I will post a podcast about the experience when I return at the beginning of December. Read Full Story

This is Deborah’s response to her completed reading of Toni Morrison’s A Mercy . This novel, Morrison’s latest, was the partial subject of the previous episode in which Deborah offered tips and suggestions for reading and enjoying “difficult”, or challenging, authors. Listen Now:  Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player Read Full Story

This is the final episode in Deborah’s series of summer reading reviews. Here, she discusses how to read and enjoy (and finish!) authors who may be considered “difficult” or “less approachable.” Listen Now:  Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player Read Full Story

This is the third in Deborah’s series of end-of-summer reading reviews. Today, she discusses Laurie R. King’s Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes mystery series. Is it better than Conan Doyle? Listen, read the books, and make your own decision. You can learn more about the series at laurierking.com Listen Now:  Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (0) Read Full Story

This is the second in Deborah’s series of end-of-summer reading reports. This episode contains a discussion of Belonging: A Culture of Place , by bell hooks. bell hooks is a writer and cultural critic. Currently, she is Distinguished Professor in Residence in Appalachian Studies at Berea College in Kentucky. Listen Now:  Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (0) Read Full Story

Join Deborah for her end-of-summer reading reports on books she  enjoyed during June, July, and early August. The first in this series is Patricia Spadaro’s Honor Yourself: The Inner Art of Giving and Receiving . Why is balance such an important part of mental, physical, and emotional health? What do Eastern and Western spiritual traditions have to teach us about true wellness? Spadaro’s book answers these questions and more, while giving guidelines for restoring and sustaining the... Read Full Story

Is English a needlessly and unavoidably frustrating language? Native and non-native speakers make the case for an affirmative answer to this question. Listen to Deborah’s discussion of two books, The Artful Nuance by Rod L. Evans, Ph.D. (no relation to Deborah) and Everything You Know About English Is Wrong , by Bill Brohaugh. These two resources will guide you in resolving the sticky issues around English grammar and usage. Listen Now:  Standard Podcasts: Play Now... Read Full Story

Reading with a 3 year old is great. They have gone past the stage of books with one or two sentences and have graduated onto proper storytelling. This means you can choose books and stories that you will both enjoy and you will not mind reading them again and again. Books open up another world at this age. You can read books on lots of different places, subjects, animals and interests. They are great for communicating with a young child. You can talk about the story and any feelings and... Read Full Story