40 for 40: Books for the Willie Mae Pratt School for Girls
15 days ago • 1 min read40 for 40: Books for the Willie Mae Pratt School for Girls I like a quiet birthday, and this year is shaping up to be that way. I’ll probably spend most of it reading. While there will be no party and there is no need for gifts, I’m inviting you to help do a ting! For no particular reason, I have landed on the number 40. I would like for 40 (or more!) people to donate $20 toward the purchase of 40 books for the Willie Mae Pratt Centre for Girls. I have always loved reading, and it has exposed...
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5 months ago • 1 min readGet your holiday shopping done early with Rabble! Bookshop at Jollification 🎄🎁 Rabble! Bookshop is excited to announce our booth, with Poinciana Paper Press, at this year's Jollification! Join us and find amazing gifts for yourself, your friends, and family. We'll have a selection of holiday cards, handmade notebooks, feminist gear, and unique gifts for children and adults alike – from graphic novels to cookbooks, come check out a selection of books you won't find anywhere else in The...
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9 months ago • 1 min readWomen in Translation Jhumpa Lahiri, author of Translating Myself and Others, called translating the “most profound, most intimate way of reading.” She said, “A translation is a wonderful, dynamic encounter between two languages, two texts, two writers. It entails a doubling, a renewal... It was a way of getting close to different languages, of feeling connected to writers very distant from me in space and time.” Winner of the International Booker Prize 2024 Jenny Erpenbeck said, “There are so...
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