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Get Lit – Best of June 2026

June 29, 2026

Greetings, friends! I have been doing a lot of re-reading recently. This month I reconnected with Bless Me Ultima by Rodolfo Anaya, a Chicano classic, about a seven-year-old by named Antonio who struggles to reconcile his Catholic faith and his beliefs about the powers of good and evil. Throughout the novel, Antonio struggles to determine where he … More Get Lit – Best of June 2026

Get Lit – Best of May 2026

May 31, 2026

Hello friends! Books Oh, so many books! The novel Theo of Golden by Allen Levi and The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, William Kamkwamba’s memoir coauthored with Bryan Mealer, are my top two picks. In both books, the protagonists move the story forward with their desire to contribute goodness, to create healing, and to right past wrongs. As Theo … More Get Lit – Best of May 2026

Get Lit – Best of April 2026

April 28, 2026

Greetings and good wishes! Books I’m revisiting several classics as they are included in my 1732 page short story anthology. Lu Xun’s Diary of a Madman is a narrative about paranoia. In Diary of a Madman, the protagonist believes his neighbors and family member are cannibals and that they are planning to eat him (symbolically, it represents the … More Get Lit – Best of April 2026

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