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A Variety of Science

Science, science accountability, and science fiction.

A Time to Salsa

That’s my general prescription for life: eat decent food, homemade whenever possible, with people whenever possible. Talk. Encourage. Make art. Play music. Dance. Take risks. Be at least occasionally spontaneous.

Three Novels

Welcome back to “What Zoe Read,” my plot to get more people reading and talking about books!

Raising Wise Kids

Three Fridays ago had all the ingredients of a perfect day. First, it was Friday and there would be no school. Second, we had been invited by beloved friends to the ballet (“Narnia,” or, as we said in my youth, “The Roar of Love”). Third, we were going out for pizza after.

Conflicts

Today let’s explore authoritarianism with graphic novels and sundry works on 20th century conflicts! None of which seem to have truly left us…

Souls

…And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.
— G. M. Hopkins

Revolutions with Children

Let’s explore revolutions with children. (See my 2/13 post for works on World War 1.) Works that expand on what my children are studying in history bear heavily on my reading choices. Recently, I was… 

Trench Warfare

Welcome back to my reading column! I appreciate your visit and hope you may find something here to explore if you don’t currently have a book in hand. Today I solemnly find trench warfare mud… 

Must-See Book Picks for Every Reader

Welcome to the first official edition of What Zoe Read, a regular column to share a selection of titles from across my various reading streams. I hope to encourage and accompany those who want to…