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“Glass Town”

How do I describe this? Glass Town is a thick, large format graphic novel, beautifully produced, of the Brontës’ juvenilia, of which there was a massive quantity, more than all their novels combined!
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“The Blue Flower” by Penelope Fitzgerald

When I was a child, I would frequently be overcome by a feeling of something wonderful just around the corner..
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Sculptor’s Daughter. Tove Jansson

I bought this book in 1978 and reread it after I finished my bio of Tove. Her father was a sculptor, Viktor Janssen, and her mother, “Ham”, an artist. It is a quick read-about 2 hours-and consists of short vignettes written from a child’s point of view.
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The Doctor Dances, Again – Part 1

The control room was tense. Techs focused on the monitors in front of them, while, raised on a ramp, the Machine hummed, creating a disturbing optical illusion resembling a tunnel of rotating stars.
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The Doctor Dances, Again – Part 3

A day or two later, on a cold November afternoon, five people were seated around a mahogany library table at the Palais Kaunitz...
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THE ENTRÉE

When I finished my PhD in 1979, my next career step was to do a postdoc. I wanted to go to the Huge Lab in Strasbourg, since it was the most high-profile lab in Europe at the time.
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“In Byron’s Wake”, Miranda Seymour

This book focuses on Lady Byron (1792-1860), her daughter, Ada, Countess of Lovelace, and the ways they were affected by Lord Byron..
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Lockdown In Green

Photography : Views of Los Angeles suburbia taken while out walking. S. Narayanswami 2021...
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The Bangalore Detectives Club
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The Bangalore Detectives Club – Harini Nagendra

This is Nagendra’s first mystery, set in Bangalore in 1921.  It is set in South India, not Bombay or Calcutta, which makes it unique in my experience.
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The Doctor Dances, Again – Part 2

Episode #2 A meeting with Lady Clancarty That evening there was to be a reception at the Palais Kaunitz and...
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The Easter Hat

Writing: After I finished my PhD at the University of St. Andrews, I did a postdoc in Strasbourg.   Separately from...
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The Kettle

A Dark Tale of Cats and Kettles...
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