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Sunday, August 29, 2010

Currently I am Reading: Tracy Kidder

Mountains Beyond Mountains

You probably saw, on our facebook page, some articles we have posted about Partners in Health. Especially about ways to support the people in Haiti and Pakistan. This book is the 'story' about Paul Farmer, the founder of PIH.

Below there are a few articles about Kidder and about Partners in Health.

http://www.pih.org/

NPR article

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1472188

Background on Kidder:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Kidder

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Blogs are Part of My Reading Diet: A Sampling of Blogs I Read In January

You will see a long list of blogs that I enjoy reading on this website. Here are a few new ones I have added this month to the longer lists. Blogs are a great way to read something quick and short. You can also find new connections through them for more infomation on a topic.

Enjoy the blogs, bloggers and readers. Happy blogging and blog reading.

A new blog- funny.

A blogger finding something to do with their time.

This blog was sent to me on Martin Luther King Jr Day.

A blog doing good in the world!

Blogs in Spanish that were recommended and found through other blogs.

Blog about Reading.

This a blog by a beloved poet.

Here is a blog about family.

Favorite writers blog.

Writers recommend blogs.

Read a blog, write a blog- send a blog to someone who will love it! Blog, blog blog blog, blogging.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Reading In Translation

To expand my reading repertoire and content knowledge about the world, I have been reading fiction from different countries around the world. It is a way to understand the world better and provides you with an opportunity to share some of the same thoughts and views as others who live far and different lives than you. It allows you to grow another set of eyes looking at and thinking about the human experience.

Interested in Somalia? Want to learn more? I did. I started to read- Nuruddin Farah. My sister recommended to me his trilogy. As soon as I read, Sweet and Sour Milk, I was hooked. Not only did I finish the trilogy, Variations on an African Diaspora, but went on to read, Blood in the Sun (another trilogy) and Links.

This year two novels have won quite a bit of acclaim in the English speaking world. The first is Wild Mulberries by Iman Humaydan Younes. It was the runner up of the best translated book from Arabic to English. This novel is set in Lebanon. The second is a French novel, Elegance of a Hedgehog, set in Paris.

I highly recommend looking for some books in parts of the world that you want to get to know better. Read them in translation and then pass along their titles!

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Everything Haiti: Broken Hearts

All of our reading lives have been filled with Haiti. It is devastating and heartbreaking. As citizens in the world we need to find ways to inform ourselves and others. We need to find ways to help. Here are a series of articles and organizations I have been reading to stay updated. We can contribute financially to helping the people in Haiti. Here are some places I have been supporting. There are also some blogs included to comment on the responses of the world. Stay informed!