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I'm a 68 year old male who has gotten more liberal as the years go by. A world traveler and a writer. I also run the online bookstore The Literate Lizard and would love your support! https://theliteratelizard.com/
Real Name: Ed
Gender: Male
Location: Tempe, Arizona
Occupation: Bookseller
Groups: Readers and Book Lovers, DKos Travel Board, Black Kos community, ClassWarfare Newsletter: WallStreet VS Working Class Global Occupy movement, Philly Kos
Twitter: @LitLizardSedona
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Diaries published: 209 (2 days since last diary on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 06:00 PM PST)
Comments posted: 3307 (2 days since last comment on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 06:00 PM PST)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 2024
Total Comment Ratings: 10677
Most Recommended Diary: 'Slumdog Millionaire' opens in India, and here is the reaction, 103 comments, 65 recommends
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Good evening, everyone. Forgive the hiatus I took with Nonfiction Views for a couple weeks. Just too busy. But you didn’t miss much. The publishing world was rather slow those couple weeks, and it ...
by DebtorsPrison
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on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 06:00 PM PST
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Good evening, everyone. A little information about how the websites of indie bookstores like my Literate Lizard work, particularly the many who run on the American Booksellers Association’s IndieCommerce ecommerce platform. The book covers, the...
by DebtorsPrison
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on Tue Nov 14, 2023 at 06:00 PM PST
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Hello all. It’s Election Night, so many Kossacks will be paying attention to that. And there;s a lot of books this week: 25 in this week’s selection whittled down from the many choices. So ...
by DebtorsPrison
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on Tue Nov 07, 2023 at 06:00 PM PST
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You’ll find a lot of fiction referenced in this evening’s Nonfiction Views, in support of an examination of plagiarism and appropriation versus pastiche and inspiration. What set me off in this essay was the 1968 novel Bound to Violence, by Yambo...
by DebtorsPrison
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on Tue Oct 31, 2023 at 07:00 PM PDT
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Good evening everyone. A busy week and the news cycle is very distracting, so this week it’s just my picks of the week’s notable nonfiction. And here is the link to my comment in today’s ...
by DebtorsPrison
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on Tue Oct 24, 2023 at 07:00 PM PDT
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Nonfiction Views: The week's notable new nonfiction (including a book on pooties and one on woozles) Here is a selection of this week’s notable new nonfiction. But first...Jane Austen meets the digital age.
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More book fun with Artificial Intelligence: Facebook's AI-Powered Jane Austen ...
by DebtorsPrison
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on Tue Oct 17, 2023 at 07:00 PM PDT
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