Dear Deirdre: The Japanese American Agony Aunt
Using the nom de plume Deirdre, California-born writer Mary “Mollie” Oyama Mittwer offered advice on changing gender roles and cross-ethnic relationships.
https://daily.jstor.org/dear-deirdre-the-japanese-american-agony-aunt/
Japanese literature at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Japanese+literature
Is This the Best of All Possible Worlds? Leibniz vs. Voltaire
What does it mean for this world to be the “best possible world,” even with the obvious existence of evil? Leibniz and Voltaire weigh in.
https://www.thecollector.com/is-this-best-all-possible-worlds-leibniz-voltaire/
Voltaire and Leibniz at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/913
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7168
#CallForPapers for #OnlineConference: Thinking of the Children: #BookBans, #Censorship, and #Literature for Young People
For this online conference, organizers invite contributions from #scholars at all career stages, from #librarians and #archivists, and from #teachers at all levels, to consider #BookBanning and censorship of literature for young people, past and present.
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Why Jane Austen is definitely not just for girls
Razor-sharp satires of social and gendered inequalities, Austen’s novels are full of witty observations and universally relatable experiences.
By Shelley Galpin
Jane Austen at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68
Lies, Damn Lies, and…Primary Sources?
An instructor shares her approach for teaching students how to evaluate historical materials and claims of veracity made by their originators.
By: Nicole Donawho
https://daily.jstor.org/lies-damn-lies-andprimary-sources/
Pedagogy at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=pedagogy
A 600-year-old Chaucer mystery may finally be solved
A medieval sermon packed with 'memes' and simple spelling mistakes could explain a baffling line in 'The Canterbury Tales.'
By Andrew Paul
https://www.popsci.com/science/chaucer-canterbury-tales-mystery-solved/
Cantebury Tales at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Canterbury+Tales
Why Ancient Egypt Smashed Hatshepsut’s Statues After Her Death
Scholars have long believed that Hatshepsut’s spiteful successor wanted to destroy every image of her, but the truth may be more nuanced.
By Margherita Bassi
https://gizmodo.com/why-ancient-egypt-smashed-hatshepsuts-statues-after-her-death-2000617957
About Hatshepsut at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58236
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Deeply disappointed to learn "dark academia" stands for combat training and high school feuds, instead of using forbidden magic to convert your citations into a more arcane format to avoid being cursed by your professor, or finding out Reviewer No. 2 is actually an eldritch being hiding in the basement.
The Kindle edition sale on "8" continues! Need some convincing? Check out this review from fellow speculative-fiction author Tony Travis:
https://www.tonytravis.com/post/tony-s-review-of-8-tales-of-the-big-men-from-the-nod-wells-timelines
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What Submersibles Reveal About the Violent Underbelly of the Human Psyche
Matthew Gavin Frank Explores the Dark Side of Our Desire to Explore the Ocean’s Depths
https://lithub.com/what-submersibles-reveal-about-the-violent-underbelly-of-the-human-psyche/
Submarines at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/114
When pirates studied Euclid
How did the sailors of early modern Europe learn to traverse the world’s seas? By going to school and doing maths problems
by Margaret Schotte
Pirates at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/3243
Yes, this time, I did check against the text! 😁 (Also, I am not a fan of Mansfield Park as mainly I want to throttle Fanny. What are your thoughts on this book?)
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Part 3 begins!
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How does it all end?
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THE SKIN WE FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE IN is filled with fantastic frights, fables, and fascinations; Craig Wallwork's talent ensures that it applies to both sides of this collection: the dark and the light. That deftness is impressive- even more so with the amount of heart also contained within. (Underbelly Books)
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College students digitized 795 poems from the world’s oldest novel
‘The Tale of Genji’ is a cornerstone of classical Japanese literature.
By Andrew Paul
https://www.popsci.com/technology/genji-poems-online/
The tale of Genji at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/66057
![Woman teaching geometry (detail of a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, at the beginning of Euclid's Elementa, in the translation attributed to Adelard of Bath)
Attributed to Meliacin Master
Detail of a scene in the bowl of the letter 'P' with a woman with a set-square and dividers; using a compass to measure distances on a diagram. In her left hand she holds a square, an implement for testing or drawing right angles. She is watched by a group of students. In the Middle Ages, it is unusual to see women represented as teachers, in particular when the students appear to be monks. She is most likely the personification of Geometry, based on Martianus Capella's famous book De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, [5th c.] a standard source for allegorical imagery of the seven liberal arts. Illustration at the beginning of Euclid's Elementa, in the translation attributed to Adelard of Bath.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedagogy#/media/File:Woman_teaching_geometry.jpg](/proxy/post_attachment/770909/81f198cc38.jpg "Woman teaching geometry (detail of a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, at the beginning of Euclid's Elementa, in the translation attributed to Adelard of Bath)
Attributed to Meliacin Master
Detail of a scene in the bowl of the letter 'P' with a woman with a set-square and dividers; using a compass to measure distances on a diagram. In her left hand she holds a square, an implement for testing or drawing right angles. She is watched by a group of students. In the Middle Ages, it is unusual to see women represented as teachers, in particular when the students appear to be monks. She is most likely the personification of Geometry, based on Martianus Capella's famous book De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, [5th c.] a standard source for allegorical imagery of the seven liberal arts. Illustration at the beginning of Euclid's Elementa, in the translation attributed to Adelard of Bath.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedagogy#/media/File:Woman_teaching_geometry.jpg")
