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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1859, Harriet E. Wilson publishes her novel, Our Nig. </p><p>&quot;Harriet E. Wilson (March 15, 1825 – June 28, 1900) was an African-American novelist. She was the first African American to publish a novel in North America.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_E._Wilson" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_E._Wilson"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_</span><span class="invisible">E._Wilson</span></a></p><p>&quot;Our Nig&quot; at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/584" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/584</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/africanamerican/" rel="tag">#africanamerican</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/speakingoutofplace/" rel="tag">#SpeakingOutOfPlace</a> welcomes <a href="/tags/maryannefranks/" rel="tag">#MaryAnneFranks</a>, author of <a href="/tags/fearlessspeech/" rel="tag">#FearlessSpeech</a>: Breaking Free from the <a href="/tags/firstamendment/" rel="tag">#FirstAmendment</a> </p><p>&quot;As the title of the book indicates, this is a fearless and iconoclastic critique of the ways that the First Amendment has been interpreted and mobilized in ways that protect and extend <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#racism</a>, <a href="/tags/misogyny/" rel="tag">#misogyny</a>, religious fundamentalism, and corporate self-interest.&quot; </p><p><a href="https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/17974202-breaking-free-from-the-first-amendment-to-make-fearless-speech-and-counterpublics-a-conversation-with-mary-anne-franks" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/17974202-breaking-free-from-the-first-amendment-to-make-fearless-speech-and-counterpublics-a-conversation-with-mary-anne-franks"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.</span><span class="invisible">com/2084729/episodes/17974202-breaking-free-from-the-first-amendment-to-make-fearless-speech-and-counterpublics-a-conversation-with-mary-anne-franks</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#justice</a> <a href="/tags/hatespeech/" rel="tag">#hateSpeech</a> <a href="/tags/harassment/" rel="tag">#harassment</a> <a href="/tags/lawfare/" rel="tag">#lawfare</a> <a href="/tags/wokebashing/" rel="tag">#wokebashing</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</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>Newly discovered portrait may depict ‘fair youth’ of Shakespeare’s sonnets</p><p>Earl of Southampton may have given writer the miniature by Nicholas Hilliard, which has defaced heart on its reverse</p><p>By Dalya Alberge</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/04/newly-discovered-portrait-of-shakespeares-patron-suggests-he-is-the-fair-youth-of-the-sonnets" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/04/newly-discovered-portrait-of-shakespeares-patron-suggests-he-is-the-fair-youth-of-the-sonnets"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/artanddesi</span><span class="invisible">gn/2025/sep/04/newly-discovered-portrait-of-shakespeares-patron-suggests-he-is-the-fair-youth-of-the-sonnets</span></a></p><p>Shakespeare’s sonnets at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4285" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4285"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/4285</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

Kevin A. Young at the Binghamton Upstate Anarchist Book Fair <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://slrpnk.net/post/27237016">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>Glory Edim on Jessie Redmon Fauset’s Remarkable—and Forgotten—Plum Bun</p><p>Remembering the Work of “The Crisis” Editor and Harlem Renaissance Writer</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/glory-edim-on-jessie-redmon-fausets-remarkable-and-forgotten-plum-bun/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/glory-edim-on-jessie-redmon-fausets-remarkable-and-forgotten-plum-bun/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/glory-edim-on-jessi</span><span class="invisible">e-redmon-fausets-remarkable-and-forgotten-plum-bun/</span></a></p><p>Harlem Renaissance at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Harlem+Renaissance" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Harlem+Renaissance"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=Harlem+Renaissance</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Kevin A. Young at the Binghamton Upstate Anarchist Book Fair <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/35642711">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>Johannes Gutenberg &amp; the Invention of the Printing Press</p><p>Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in the 15th century was one of the most important technological developments of the early modern period.</p><p>by Anisia Iacob</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/johannes-gutenberg-printing-press/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/johannes-gutenberg-printing-press/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/johannes-</span><span class="invisible">gutenberg-printing-press/</span></a></p><p>Johannes Gutenberg at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Johannes+Gutenberg" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Johannes+Gutenberg"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=Johannes+Gutenberg</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/printingdevices/" rel="tag">#printingdevices</a></p>

<p>I wrote a book and i am sharing it with everyone. Email request access required (the web is a jungle right now)<br><a href="https://humble.opticmystic.io/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>humble.opticmystic.io/</a></p><p>pdf version available through email request (the web is a jungle right now).</p><p>some inspiration was taken from<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>emilymbender</span></a></span> </p><p>you may like <span class="h-card"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@GeofCox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GeofCox</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@bodhipaksa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bodhipaksa</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aral</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/humble/" rel="tag">#humble</a> <a href="/tags/world/" rel="tag">#world</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a> <a href="/tags/puns/" rel="tag">#puns</a> <a href="/tags/love/" rel="tag">#love</a> <a href="/tags/typography/" rel="tag">#typography</a></p>

<p>New <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> of Stephanie Kelton&#x27;s The Deficit Myth. It&#x27;s my first foray into <a href="/tags/mmt/" rel="tag">#MMT</a>, and it took me a long time to critically engage with the book. </p><p>I&#x27;m not unsympathetic to the argument, but I am not fully persuaded. The argument is rather thin and would have benefitted from more detail, more evidence, and pre-emptive counters to common critiques. Nonetheless, it was still very thought-provoking and a valuable intervention. </p><p><a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p><p><a href="https://the-casual-critic.writeas.com/the-deficit-myth-banishing-the-ghost-of-weimar" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="the-casual-critic.writeas.com/the-deficit-myth-banishing-the-ghost-of-weimar"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">the-casual-critic.writeas.com/</span><span class="invisible">the-deficit-myth-banishing-the-ghost-of-weimar</span></a></p>

<p>Hear Joey Ramone Sing a Piece by John Cage Adapted from James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2025/08/hear-joey-ramone-sing-a-piece-adapted-from-james-joyces-finnegans-wake.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openculture.com/2025/08/hear-joey-ramone-sing-a-piece-adapted-from-james-joyces-finnegans-wake.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openculture.com/2025/08/he</span><span class="invisible">ar-joey-ramone-sing-a-piece-adapted-from-james-joyces-finnegans-wake.html</span></a></p><p>“The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>How Did Eleanor of Aquitaine Become One of the Most Powerful Women of the Middle Ages?</p><p>Eleanor of Aquitaine carved her way into the English court through a series of cunning and tactical maneuvers.</p><p>by Erin Wrigh</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/eleanor-of-aquitaine-most-powerful-woman-middle-ages/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/eleanor-of-aquitaine-most-powerful-woman-middle-ages/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/eleanor-o</span><span class="invisible">f-aquitaine-most-powerful-woman-middle-ages/</span></a></p><p>Eleanor of Aquitaine at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Eleanor+of+Aquitaine" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Eleanor+of+Aquitaine"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Eleanor+of+Aquitaine</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

<p>📚 Minor Black Figures by: Brandon Taylor</p><p>A newcomer to New York, Wyeth is a Black painter who grew up in the South and is trying to find his place in the contemporary Manhattan art scene. It&#x27;s challenging. Gallery shows displaying bad art. Pretentious artists jockeying for attention. The gossip and the backstabbing. While his...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/minor-black-figures" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/minor-black-figures"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/minor-blac</span><span class="invisible">k-figures</span></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><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <a href="/tags/gayfiction/" rel="tag">#gayfiction</a> <a href="/tags/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/citylife/" rel="tag">#citylife</a></p>

<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span> thank you for hosting <a href="/tags/writephant/" rel="tag">#writephant</a> this week 😊 </p><p><a href="/tags/selfpromo/" rel="tag">#selfpromo</a></p><p>I write cosy-adjacent fantasy books with romance, often queer. I have been described as “criminally underrated” 😉 Find out more about my books, including samples and retail links, at my website:</p><p><a href="https://wendypalmer.au/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wendypalmer.au/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</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/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@writingbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writingbooks</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/queerromance/" rel="tag">#QueerRomance</a></p>

<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon</a></p><p>On a world long thought to have no moon, its sudden appearance inspires wonder and terror. Hasty research links the full moon and catastrophe, revealing the existence of the so-called ‘Harbingers of Doom’, creatures from the moon that harvest souls. Can everyone survive or will they become part of the dark harvest?</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><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>&quot;Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn; for it requires that the learner should first be taught to describe these accurately, before he enters upon geometry; then it shows how by these operations problems may be solved.&quot;</p><p>Preface. Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687)</p><p>~Isaac Newton born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1643.</p><p>Newton at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6288" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6288"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/6288</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1899.</p><p>Herbert Putnam is appointed Librarian of Congress in the United States, where he will introduce in practice the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) scheme.</p><p> LCC is mainly used by large research and academic libraries, while most public libraries and small academic libraries use the Dewey Decimal Classification system.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Classification" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Classification"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_</span><span class="invisible">of_Congress_Classification</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a> <a href="/tags/catalogue/" rel="tag">#catalogue</a></p>

<p>Unusual war grave in Dalry Cemetery: father &amp; son. Same names, same age at death, one fell in WWI, the other in WWII. </p><p>This inspired my short story for WWI charity anthology To End All Wars several years ago, illustrated by Kate Charlesworth, which you can read here on my blog <a href="https://www.woolamaloo.org.uk/memorial-to-the-mothers/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.woolamaloo.org.uk/memorial-to-the-mothers/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.woolamaloo.org.uk/memorial</span><span class="invisible">-to-the-mothers/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/livres/" rel="tag">#livres</a> <a href="/tags/edinburgh/" rel="tag">#Edinburgh</a> <a href="/tags/edimbourg/" rel="tag">#Edimbourg</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/histoire/" rel="tag">#Histoire</a></p>

<p>Strongheart the German Shepherd Catapulted to Fame for His Heroics in Silent Films. Later, Spiritualist Writings Immortalized Him in Death</p><p>&quot;The beloved dog starred in six movies during the Roaring Twenties. After Strongheart died in 1929, author J. Allen Boone chronicled their enduring connection in a pair of nonfiction books&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/strongheart-the-german-shepherd-catapulted-to-fame-for-his-heroics-in-silent-films-later-spiritualist-writings-immortalized-him-in-death-180987212/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/history/strongheart-the-german-shepherd-catapulted-to-fame-for-his-heroics-in-silent-films-later-spiritualist-writings-immortalized-him-in-death-180987212/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/history</span><span class="invisible">/strongheart-the-german-shepherd-catapulted-to-fame-for-his-heroics-in-silent-films-later-spiritualist-writings-immortalized-him-in-death-180987212/</span></a></p><p>Strongheart and his &quot;love interest&quot; Jule from the movie &quot;The Love Master&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#animals</a></p>

<p>&quot; ‘Silence must reign’, ordered the head of the colonial administration in <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> in 1958. The demand was all the more pressing because <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#France</a> was simultaneously fighting the war in Algeria, provoking outcry at home and international censure of the self-styled ‘homeland of human rights’.&quot; </p><p>NLR speaks w/ <a href="/tags/thomasdeltombe/" rel="tag">#ThomasDeltombe</a>, author of <a href="/tags/thecameroonwar/" rel="tag">#TheCameroonWar</a>: A History of French <a href="/tags/neocolonialism/" rel="tag">#Neocolonialism</a> in <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> </p><p><a href="https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/the-secret-war" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/the-secret-war"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newleftreview.org/sidecar/post</span><span class="invisible">s/the-secret-war</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/cameroun/" rel="tag">#Cameroun</a> <a href="/tags/françafrique/" rel="tag">#Françafrique</a> <a href="/tags/violencescoloniales/" rel="tag">#violencesColoniales</a> <a href="/tags/livres/" rel="tag">#livres</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</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>The Inquisitive Biologist turns 8! Here&#x27;s the latest review...</p><p>How would life have evolved had the dinosaurs survived? This facsimile reprint of Dougal Dixon&#x27;s second classic work of speculative zoology imagines the answer and remains as captivating and entertaining as it was in 1988.</p><p><a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/09/19/book-review-the-new-dinosaurs-an-alternative-evolution/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/09/19/book-review-the-new-dinosaurs-an-alternative-evolution/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">09/19/book-review-the-new-dinosaurs-an-alternative-evolution/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <a href="/tags/speculativezoology/" rel="tag">#SpeculativeZoology</a> <a href="/tags/dinosaurs/" rel="tag">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="/tags/palaeontology/" rel="tag">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="/tags/paleontology/" rel="tag">#Paleontology</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</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>📚 The Favorites by: Layne Fargo</p><p>She might not have a famous name, funding, or her family’s support, but Katarina Shaw has always known that she was destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system, their instant connection makes them a formidable duo on the ice. Clinging to skating—a...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-favorites" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-favorites"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-favori</span><span class="invisible">tes</span></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><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/womenfiction/" rel="tag">#womenfiction</a> <a href="/tags/sportsfiction/" rel="tag">#sportsfiction</a></p>

<p>This month the Distributed Proofreaders (DP) blog is a book about the US pre-Civil War abolitionist, &quot;The Life of John Brown.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://blog.pgdp.net/2026/04/01/life-of-john-brown/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.pgdp.net/2026/04/01/life-of-john-brown/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.pgdp.net/2026/04/01/life-</span><span class="invisible">of-john-brown/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/dp/" rel="tag">#dp</a> <a href="/tags/dpblog/" rel="tag">#dpblog</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

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