<p>Life is short. Read more.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a></p>
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<p>Bay Area peeps! What are you doing this weekend? Why not join me and a bunch of other amazing authors at the Bay Area Book Festival?? It's all happening in downtown Berkeley! I'll be there Saturday and Sunday! www.baybookfest.org</p><p>PLUS!! If you love science fiction, fantasy, and horror, there is a special <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Locusmag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Locusmag</span></a></span> festival for the Locus Awards on Friday and Saturday during BABF, so be sure to check that out too! <a href="https://locusmag.com/2026-locus-awards-weekend/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="locusmag.com/2026-locus-awards-weekend/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">locusmag.com/2026-locus-awards</span><span class="invisible">-weekend/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sfba/" rel="tag">#sfba</a></p>
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<p>Ian Fleming (May 28, 1908 — August 12, 1964) didn’t invent James Bond out of nowhere. During World War II, he worked in British Naval Intelligence and saw from the inside how real secret operations were planned.</p><p><a href="/tags/ianfleming/" rel="tag">#IanFleming</a> <a href="/tags/jamesbond/" rel="tag">#JamesBond</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/today/" rel="tag">#today</a> <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#onthisday</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#BookTok</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/spyware/" rel="tag">#spyware</a> <a href="/tags/intelligence/" rel="tag">#intelligence</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a></p>
<p>A Review of Afterglow - Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-afterglow-climate-fiction-for-future-ancestors/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-afterglow-climate-fiction-for-future-ancestors/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-af</span><span class="invisible">terglow-climate-fiction-for-future-ancestors/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/solarpunk/" rel="tag">#SolarPunk</a> <a href="/tags/hopepunk/" rel="tag">#HopePunk</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
<p>On the Literary Afterlife of Japan's First Working Woman Writer</p><p>Translator Bryan Karetnyk Considers the Work of Higuchi Ichiyō</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/on-the-literary-afterlife-of-japans-first-working-woman-writer/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/on-the-literary-afterlife-of-japans-first-working-woman-writer/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/on-the-literary-aft</span><span class="invisible">erlife-of-japans-first-working-woman-writer/</span></a></p><p>Books about Japanese literature at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/20407" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/20407"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/20407</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/womeninart/" rel="tag">#WomenInArt</a></p>
<p>Love Language</p><p>The undying dream of Esperanto</p><p>by Katie Thornton</p><p><a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2026/06/love-language-katie-thornton-esperanto/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KSQ7JVHVABAKFRY3CGXJYDZ0&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="harpers.org/archive/2026/06/love-language-katie-thornton-esperanto/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KSQ7JVHVABAKFRY3CGXJYDZ0&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">harpers.org/archive/2026/06/lo</span><span class="invisible">ve-language-katie-thornton-esperanto/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KSQ7JVHVABAKFRY3CGXJYDZ0&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Books in Esperanto at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/34" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/34"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books</span><span class="invisible">helf/34</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>
<p>This week's <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library:<br>- The last of the books from the NHBS January sale: Michael Ruse's The <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#Philosophy</a> of Human <a href="/tags/evolution/" rel="tag">#Evolution</a>, published by Cambridge University Press<br>- A lovely version of Humphrey Carpenter's highly praised J. R. R. <a href="/tags/tolkien/" rel="tag">#Tolkien</a>: A Biography, published by HarperCollins<br>- A second-hand copy of Ant Ecology, published by Oxford University Press</p><p><a href="/tags/humanevolution/" rel="tag">#HumanEvolution</a> <a href="/tags/anthropology/" rel="tag">#Anthropology</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/lotr/" rel="tag">#LOTR</a> <a href="/tags/lordoftherings/" rel="tag">#LordOfTheRings</a> <a href="/tags/myrmecology/" rel="tag">#Myrmecology</a> <a href="/tags/ecology/" rel="tag">#Ecology</a> <a href="/tags/insects/" rel="tag">#Insects</a> <a href="/tags/entomology/" rel="tag">#Entomology</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
<p>43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language<br>From Washington Irving to Kristen Roupenian</p><p>by Emily Temple</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/43-of-the-most-iconic-short-stories-in-the-english-language/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KVN7055WWMVWMPK8VZ5RACV2&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/43-of-the-most-iconic-short-stories-in-the-english-language/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KVN7055WWMVWMPK8VZ5RACV2&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/43-of-the-most-icon</span><span class="invisible">ic-short-stories-in-the-english-language/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KVN7055WWMVWMPK8VZ5RACV2&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Some Iconic Short Stories at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60976" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60976</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2148" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2148</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11231" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11231</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/375" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/375</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1952" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1952</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/209" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/209</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27411" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27411</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12122" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12122</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7256" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7256</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2814" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2814</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5200" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5200</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>
<p>Just finished this one.</p><p>A couple of factual inaccuracies (no, 'G' in physics does not mean 100 times your weight - it is earth's gravitational constant 'g' in this context, and yes, chimps do actually teach one another), plus some idiocy no fault of the author (chimps don't understand 'zero' dear researchers, true, but neither did humans until a millennium or so ago)...</p><p>But overall, a well-researched informative read - highly recommend. </p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/chimpanzee/" rel="tag">#chimpanzee</a></p>
<p>Guide to the classics: Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World pioneered speculative fiction, 400 years ago</p><p>The Blazing World is a testament to how far the written novel has travelled in the past 400 years. A literary time capsule, it holds within it the origins of a genre we now call speculative fiction.</p><p>by Donna Mazza</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-margaret-cavendishs-the-blazing-world-pioneered-speculative-fiction-400-years-ago-263329" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-margaret-cavendishs-the-blazing-world-pioneered-speculative-fiction-400-years-ago-263329"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/guide-to-t</span><span class="invisible">he-classics-margaret-cavendishs-the-blazing-world-pioneered-speculative-fiction-400-years-ago-263329</span></a></p><p>Books by Margaret Cavendish at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/46554" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/46554"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/46554</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/womeninart/" rel="tag">#WomenInArt</a></p>
<p>Would any writer or aspiring want to collaborate on a sort of coffee table book? A us political satire maybe 50 years in the future a picture book for highschool kids (by that time Idiocrasy will have completely made itself at home)</p><p>Working title 'let's not do that again' pictoral snapshots starting@ the escalator.</p><p>More details in alt boost if you like this idea to help me find a writer. I sent the idea to trump; I heard he was very enthusiastic.</p><p>Boosts 🙏 <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#writer</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a></p>
<p>RE: <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/@Pratchat/116610861214203983" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mendeddrum.org/@Pratchat/116610861214203983"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mendeddrum.org/@Pratchat/11661</span><span class="invisible">0861214203983</span></a></p><p>Pratchat has a whole back catalogue of excellent discussions about <a href="/tags/terrypratchett/" rel="tag">#TerryPratchett</a> and <a href="/tags/discworld/" rel="tag">#Discworld</a>, but they don't understand the importance of overusing <a href="/tags/hashtags/" rel="tag">#hashtags</a> in the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a>, so you might have missed them.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#satire</a></p>
<p>Manga folk: If you are a big fan of Naoki Urasawa, best known for his "Monster" series (Incredible!) you will be glad to know that his collaborative work with Takashi Nagasaki: the "Billy Bat" series, is finally being released in English. </p><p>Vol 1 is out. Other volumes are available for pre-order. </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#comics</a> <a href="/tags/manga/" rel="tag">#Manga</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-kana-release-naoki-urasawa-takashi-nagasaki-billy-bat-english/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-kana-release-naoki-urasawa-takashi-nagasaki-billy-bat-english/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-k</span><span class="invisible">ana-release-naoki-urasawa-takashi-nagasaki-billy-bat-english/</span></a></p>
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<p>A sweeping saga of family, loyalty, and secrets that shape generations.</p><p>Set against the rich backdrop of 19th-century Ireland, The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series explores love, sacrifice, and the ties that bind.</p><p>📚 Books 1–9 available in box sets<br>📖 Free with Kindle Unlimited</p><p>Discover the series → <a href="http://mybook.to/FitzgeraldsBoxSets" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">http://</span>mybook.to/FitzgeraldsBoxSets</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/booksbylornapeel/" rel="tag">#BooksByLornaPeel</a> <a href="/tags/ireland/" rel="tag">#Ireland</a> <a href="/tags/bookseries/" rel="tag">#BookSeries</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#HistoricalFiction</a> <a href="/tags/familysaga/" rel="tag">#FamilySaga</a> <a href="/tags/kindleunlimited/" rel="tag">#KindleUnlimited</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
<p>Meet Caritas Pirckheimer: Scholar, Abbess, and Renaissance Writer</p><p>When the Protestant Reformation swept through Nuremberg, one abbess refused to surrender her convent. Caritas Pirckheimer used scholarship, political connections, and years of literary experience to defend her community against reformers and city officials.</p><p>By Cait Stevenson</p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2026/05/meet-caritas-pirckheimer-scholar-abbess-and-renaissance-writer/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.medievalists.net/2026/05/meet-caritas-pirckheimer-scholar-abbess-and-renaissance-writer/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.medievalists.net/2026/05/m</span><span class="invisible">eet-caritas-pirckheimer-scholar-abbess-and-renaissance-writer/</span></a></p><p>More information:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caritas_Pirckheimer" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caritas_Pirckheimer"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caritas_</span><span class="invisible">Pirckheimer</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>
<p>Happy <a href="/tags/insectweek/" rel="tag">#InsectWeek</a>!</p><p>Did you know: As an entomologist, all the fantasy-ish books I've written exist because I was tired of reading stories where insects were the bad guys/monsters/harbingers of doom, etc. In fact, I decided to start writing just so I could place them in a more positive light. They're also chock-full of fun insect related facts and tales!</p><p>In Apis, a scientist wakes up from a near-death experience to find honey bees living inside her.</p><p>In Wild Things, one of the characters lives with a colony of vulture bees in their chest.</p><p>roach: a love story is about a cockroach who wakes up transformed into a human, with another character who can turn into a swarm of flies.</p><p>I'm currently working on another one, but it's a work in progress so you'll have to wait to find out what it's about! (Okay, I'll give you a little preview: "For as long as Ezra has been alive, insects have been going extinct, and for as long as he can remember, they have followed him around, trailing him wherever he goes.")</p><p>All my books are available for free from my website, <a href="https://ater.neocities.org/books/mybooks" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ater.neocities.org/books/mybooks"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ater.neocities.org/books/myboo</span><span class="invisible">ks</span></a>, or from <a href="https://books2read.com/ap/R5ojKB/Liz-Boysha" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/ap/R5ojKB/Liz-Boysha"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books2read.com/ap/R5ojKB/Liz-B</span><span class="invisible">oysha</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/insects/" rel="tag">#insects</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a></p>
<p>As my days are absorbed in edits, now’s a great time to read my first book ahead of the next release!</p><p><a href="/tags/crownofhorns/" rel="tag">#CrownOfHorns</a> is a political fantasy (think 1984 meets The Witcher). Art and ingenuity are all that stand in the way as a nation descends into tyranny.</p><p>Inspired by history and myth of Ukraine, every sale means a donation to the Canada-Ukraine foundation, with $2000 raised last year.</p><p>Check out <a href="https://www.crownofhorns.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.crownofhorns.com</a><br>Available through most booksellers in paper, ebook, and audiobook.<br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>The Private Worlds of Charlotte Brontë and Octavia E. Butler</p><p>Behind The Huntington Library’s glass cases, the layers of motherhood, career, friendship, family, and loss are revealed in personal objects.</p><p>by Hannah Benson</p><p><a href="https://hyperallergic.com/the-private-worlds-of-charlotte-bronte-and-octavia-e-butler/?ref=weekly-newsletter" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="hyperallergic.com/the-private-worlds-of-charlotte-bronte-and-octavia-e-butler/?ref=weekly-newsletter"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hyperallergic.com/the-private-</span><span class="invisible">worlds-of-charlotte-bronte-and-octavia-e-butler/?ref=weekly-newsletter</span></a></p><p>Books by Charlotte Brontë at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/408" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/408"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/408</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/womeninart/" rel="tag">#WomenInArt</a></p>
<p>I'm delighted to announce that all my books are now available at Bookshop dot org in ebook as well as print format. So you can support local, independent bookstores even if you prefer ebooks.</p><p><a href="https://www.lauraperryauthor.com/books" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.lauraperryauthor.com/books</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/pagan/" rel="tag">#pagan</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#nonfiction</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#HistoricalFiction</a> <a href="/tags/gayromance/" rel="tag">#GayRomance</a> <a href="/tags/minoan/" rel="tag">#Minoan</a></p>
<p>Something understood. How to read poetry.</p><p>"I want to be the sort of person who reads poetry, but I don’t always understand it."</p><p>by Henry Oliver</p><p><a href="https://www.commonreader.co.uk/p/something-understood-how-to-read" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.commonreader.co.uk/p/something-understood-how-to-read"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.commonreader.co.uk/p/somet</span><span class="invisible">hing-understood-how-to-read</span></a></p><p>Books in Poetry at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/60" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/60"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books</span><span class="invisible">helf/60</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#Poetry</a></p>
<p>Shel Silverstein is famous for his children’s poetry and illustrations. </p><p>In poem Lazy Jane the word "rain" hovers just above Jane’s open mouth, as the string of words above it seems to represent the trickle of water she longs for.</p><p><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/love/" rel="tag">#Love</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poet/" rel="tag">#poet</a> <a href="/tags/silverstein/" rel="tag">#Silverstein</a> <a href="/tags/graficpoem/" rel="tag">#graficpoem</a> <a href="/tags/poems/" rel="tag">#poems</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/poemaday/" rel="tag">#poemaday</a> <a href="/tags/poetrycommunity/" rel="tag">#poetrycommunity</a> <a href="/tags/pictures/" rel="tag">#pictures</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/bookish/" rel="tag">#bookish</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#BookTok</a> <a href="/tags/bookclub/" rel="tag">#bookclub</a> <a href="/tags/readit/" rel="tag">#readit</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/rain/" rel="tag">#rain</a> <a href="/tags/booklovers/" rel="tag">#booklovers</a> <a href="/tags/lazyjane/" rel="tag">#LazyJane</a></p>
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<p>The Encyclopedia of Women Philosophers: A New Web Site Presents the Contributions of Women Philosophers, from Ancient to Modern</p><p>via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.community/@openculture" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>openculture</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2026/06/encyclopedia-of-women-philosophers.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openculture.com/2026/06/encyclopedia-of-women-philosophers.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openculture.com/2026/06/en</span><span class="invisible">cyclopedia-of-women-philosophers.html</span></a></p><p>Encyclopedia of Encyclopedia of Women Philosophers<br><a href="https://ecc.historyofwomenphilosophers.org/#hwps" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ecc.historyofwomenphilosophers.org/#hwps"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ecc.historyofwomenphilosophers</span><span class="invisible">.org/#hwps</span></a></p><p>Books in WomenInSteam at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/706" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/706"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books</span><span class="invisible">helf/706</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/womeninstem/" rel="tag">#WomenInStem</a></p>
