Jason Pettus's profile
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06/29
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THERE NEVER WAS A BETTER TIME: Toronto's Yesterdays (Paperback) by Doug Taylor bookshelves: currently-reading |
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06/29
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Remember Me: A Holocaust Survivor's Story (Paperback) by Marian Kampinski bookshelves: currently-reading |
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06/24
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Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (Paperback) by Anne Fadiman bookshelves: currently-reading |
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| June 30 | ||
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Jason Pettus
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Jon Stout's
review of Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists:
"How many books are there that defend idealism? Susan Neiman gives a philosophical context for talking about idealism between the extremes of relativism and postmodernism on the left, and realism on the right. The moral absolutes of reli...more " | |
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Wendy's
review of Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists:
"When I was a freshman at Yale, Susan Neiman was one of my professors in a huge, team-taught, writing-intensive course in literature, philosophy, history, and political science called Directed Studies. What I particularly remember about her was the th...more " | |
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Jason Pettus
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THERE NEVER WAS A BETTER TIME: Toronto's Yesterdays (Paperback) by Doug Taylor bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Jason Pettus
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Remember Me: A Holocaust Survivor's Story (Paperback) by Marian Kampinski bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Jason Pettus
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Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (Paperback) by Anne Fadiman bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Jason Pettus
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Mercury in Retrograde: A Novel (Hardcover) by Paula Froelich (Goodreads author) bookshelves: to-read |
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I Do Not Come to You by Chance (Paperback) by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani bookshelves: to-read |
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Commencement: A novel (Hardcover) by J. Courtney Sullivan bookshelves: to-read |
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The CCLaP music library reaches 500 songs. (Nonfiction)
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updated 3 days ago, 05:15PM
description:
A personal essay from my arts center, on the occasion of downloading my 500th free legal song since opening CCLaP, examining what this means not only about the arts but culture in general.
Algren at 100: A CCLaP essay series (Nonfiction)
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updated 14 days ago, 05:47PM
description:
Announcing the 2009 CCLaP summer reading project, in which I read for the first time nearly the entire ouevre of controversial 20th-century Chicago author Nelson Algren.
Announcing the "CCLAPocracy" -- my arts center's new community microblog (Arts & Photography)
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updated 01/07/2009 11:40AM
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An essay about the new Twitter-style "microblog" I recently opened at my arts center, so that readers can finally communicate directly with each other.
The Year In Books 2008 (Literature & Fiction)
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updated 01/02/2009 07:34AM
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The four-part detailed "Year In Books" report I originally wrote for my arts organization, the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography.
Gadzooks! I added 600 new book ratings here this weekend! (Nonfiction)
More of Jason's writing…
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updated 08/16/2008 01:39PM
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A personal essay about online book rating systems in the late 2000s, originally published at my arts center.
chicago readers
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chicagoland goodreaders of all types.
Chicago Calling Arts Festival
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— last activity 11/17/2008 08:26AM
During the 3rd Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival, Chicago-based artists will showcase performances and projects that involve collaborations with ar...more
Gently Read Literature
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Gently Read Literature is a critical review of books focused on presenting reviews and essays concerning contemporary poetry and literary fiction.
decomP magazinE
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decomP is an online literary magazine that is updated monthly. We have been in existence since April 2004 and we were originally called Decomposition ...more
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