Posts by Ann Tweedy

Recently, I heard the surprising and wonderful news that considerable progress has been made on the restoration of Owens Lake and the Lower Owens River.  Some of you may remember…

Here's one of my favorite Gary Soto poems, "Job Interview."  Originally published in A Natural Man (Chronicle Books1999), the poem is also available online at http://enespanol.tripod.com/sottopoem1.htm.  Enjoy!   Job Interview…

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I was visiting Sydney Sea Life Aquarium recently and, in the children’s activity area, noticed signs urging kids to become plastic warriors by pledging to reduce their families’ use of plastic packaging…

A poem about slavery written by the country's first published African-American writer, Jupiter Hammon, who was himself a slave, has been discovered by a University of Texas at Arlington doctoral student. …

Interesting survey results on polyamorists' interest in marriage were recently published on Loving More's website.  As background, conservatives who oppose marriage equality have been making slippery slope arguments for years…

An exciting special issue on law and literature is forthcoming from University of Toronto Quarterly.  The issue, due out in August, is being edited by Greig Henderson (Dept. of English, University of…

A new development in the Baby Girl case has occurred--namely, the attempted adoption of the child by her biological father and stepmother and, alternatively, her paternal grandparents.  More information is availiable here. …

Piggybacking on Al's Courthouse Trivia questions, any guesses on the location of this Southern Hemisphere courthouse that is about to cease being used as such? 

The BBC has an fascinating story today about the Voynich Book, a book dating from the early 1400s written in an unknown language.  Since no one has yet been able to decipher the…