Dogger to the rescue: how my mother’s books brought joy to the children of Ukraine

After the death last year of children’s author Shirley Hughes, her son took hundreds of her books, including the award-winning Dogger, to libraries in Ukraine, where reading is helping to heal the children traumatised by war

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/09/shirley-hughes-books-children-ukraine-library

 

Texas Observer journalists raise $270,000 in bid to save publication 

Magazine’s editors asked board not to lay off anyone for a month if staff raised $200,000 after Friday’s vote to cease publication

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/29/texas-observer-closing-gofundme

 

CHERYL STRAYED’S ‘wild’ is the only book I ever broke into tears while reading. Here’s a TIME magazine piece on her. 

https://time.com/6266265/cheryl-strayed-interview-tiny-beautiful-things-hulu/

 

4 acclaimed novelists talk about writing Vietnam
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Nguyen Phan Que Mai, Tim O’Brien, Viet Thanh Nguyen and Karl Marlantes on what it’s meant to capture the war and its aftermath in their work

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/03/24/vietnam-war-nguyen-phan-que-mai-tim-obrien-viet-thanh-nguyen-karl-marlantes/

 

OTHER STUFF GOT IN THE WAY when a year or so ago I started reading this but put it down gave it away actually. I bought it again—who knows why, GREAT cover maybe—last week. I’m thoroughly into it. 

 

IT WAS COLD and DRIZZLY yesterday and people were surprised I was there at all holding the sign and maybe that was part of the reason I went to have them think that. But I mostly went to hold up the sign’s message. Quixotic as it all might be. Cold and windy my phone says it is today. Going out in it will make coming home afterwards feel that much warmer.

 

Where have all the magazines gone?https://apple.news/AcMUpsOaHRGqKbwWt1H _fwA