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THERE NEVER WAS A BE... 06/29 Jason is currently reading:
THERE NEVER WAS A BETTER TIME: Toronto's Yesterdays (Paperback)
by Doug Taylor
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Remember Me: A Holoc... 06/29 Jason is currently reading:
Remember Me: A Holocaust Survivor's Story (Paperback)
by Marian Kampinski
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Ex Libris: Confessio... 06/24 Jason is currently reading:
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (Paperback)
by Anne Fadiman
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June 30
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Jason Pettus read and liked 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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Jason Pettus read and liked 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 "
June 29
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Jason Pettus wrote The CCLaP music library reaches 500 songs.: A personal essay from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography.

"(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com].)

Reg" ...more
THERE NEVER WAS A BE... Jason Pettus is currently reading:
THERE NEVER WAS A BETTER TIME: Toronto's Yesterdays (Paperback)
by Doug Taylor
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Remember Me: A Holoc... Jason Pettus is currently reading:
Remember Me: A Holocaust Survivor's Story (Paperback)
by Marian Kampinski
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June 24
Ex Libris: Confessio... Jason Pettus is currently reading:
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (Paperback)
by Anne Fadiman
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June 22
Mercury in Retrograd... Jason Pettus marked as to-read:
Mercury in Retrograde: A Novel (Hardcover)
by Paula Froelich (Goodreads author)
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June 21
I Do Not Come to You... Jason Pettus marked as to-read:
I Do Not Come to You by Chance (Paperback)
by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
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Commencement: A nove... Jason Pettus marked as to-read:
Commencement: A novel (Hardcover)
by J. Courtney Sullivan
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More of Jason's books…
The CCLaP music library reaches 500 songs. (Nonfiction)
1 chapters   —   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)
2 chapters   —   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)
1 chapters   —   updated 01/07/2009 11:40AM
description: 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)
5 chapters   —   updated 01/02/2009 07:34AM
description: 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)
1 chapters   —   updated 08/16/2008 01:39PM
description: A personal essay about online book rating systems in the late 2000s, originally published at my arts center.
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306 chicago readers — 349 members — last activity 05/29/2009 06:27PM
chicagoland goodreaders of all types.
5265 Chicago Calling Arts Festival — 93 members — 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
15169 Gently Read Literature — 157 members — last activity 1 day ago, 10:00PM
Gently Read Literature is a critical review of books focused on presenting reviews and essays concerning contemporary poetry and literary fiction.
16299 decomP magazinE — 81 members — last activity 03/21/2009 11:50PM
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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