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I'm a writer, teacher, researcher, and passionate activist for independent learning. I currently coordinate the Knight-Mozilla OpenNews Learning initiative. I also write fiction, my first novel is Follow Me Down (2011).

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Average rating: 4.03 · 74 ratings · 22 reviews · 2 distinct works · Similar authors

	Follow Me Down 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Go Back to School: A Handbook for Learning Anything 4.59 of 5 stars 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor

by Flannery O'Connor

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Kio Stark said: "I never read biographies and only read memoirs on occasion. Reading these letters I realize why: so much more interesting to read the story of a life without such a sculpted arc. The only overdetermined things are the things I already know, can't unk...more "

Feb 11, 2011 11:03am · see review

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Burley Cross Postbox Theft

by Nicola Barker

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Kio Stark said: "Very cool iPhone thing with audio. "

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Why Humans Cooperate: A Cultural and Evolutionary Explanation

by Natalie Henrich

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Kio Stark said "maybe" to attending the event: Scent of Darkness date: February 05, 2013 07:00AM location: Bookcourt, 163 Court street, Brooklyn, NY, NY, The United States description: Margot Berwin will be reading from her new novel, Scent of Darkness on Feb 5th at BookCourt in brooklyn. Special giveaways at the end of the reading! Kio said: Hope to make it, babysitter-dependent!
Jan 24, 2013 04:19pm
Kio Stark rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Jew of New York by Ben Katchor	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
May 14, 2011 06:15am
Kio Stark rated a book 5 of 5 stars Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer by Ben Katchor	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kio Stark rated a book 5 of 5 stars Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: The Beauty Supply District by Ben Katchor	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kio Stark rated a book 5 of 5 stars Cheap Novelties: The Pleasures of Urban Decay, with Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer by Ben Katchor	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kio Stark rated a book 3 of 5 stars The Cardboard Valise by Ben Katchor	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kio Stark rated a book 4 of 5 stars Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney by Anonymous	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I am not sure this would get four stars in the abstract, but I read it in Orkney, and that changes everything. Viking drama.
May 14, 2011 06:14am · see review
Kio Stark rated a book 4 of 5 stars No Lease on Life by Lynne Tillman (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I really love Tillman's detachment, both the narrator and the central character are deliciously clinical here.
May 14, 2011 06:13am · see review
Kio Stark rated a book 4 of 5 stars Desperate Characters by Paula Fox	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Just re-read this because I'll be introducing Fox at a reading during BEA week. I got to interview her when it was released in 1999. She is full of kindness, while the book is delightfully mean.
May 14, 2011 06:10am · see review
Kio Stark rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Colossus of New York by Colson Whitehead	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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