tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post3033738903210358383..comments2024-01-02T09:27:42.418-08:00Comments on Keep The Wisdom: THE BOOK OF JOANJudy Kruegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-28195777339991665902018-03-23T14:34:46.578-07:002018-03-23T14:34:46.578-07:00I completely agree!I completely agree!Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-2580807564187918182018-03-23T12:59:58.818-07:002018-03-23T12:59:58.818-07:00Wasn't this a great read? In spite of the dark...Wasn't this a great read? In spite of the dark subject matter, I found it rather hopeful in the end. It gives one some optimism for the future of humanity, in spite of all the damage we have done to ourselves and our planet.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-50722637131302139992018-03-19T09:52:23.806-07:002018-03-19T09:52:23.806-07:00I have read her memoir, The Chronology of Water. I...I have read her memoir, The Chronology of Water. It is the best memoir I have ever read. I also read On the Small Backs of Children and never warmed to it. You are right to be scared. She is a very strange writer. But I liked The Book of Joan almost as much as Chronology. I looked up District 9 and it sounds good.Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-11736879880470488592018-03-18T12:35:02.871-07:002018-03-18T12:35:02.871-07:00Have you read this author before? I'm a bit s...Have you read this author before? I'm a bit scared to read it but I'm drawn to the action-packed part. I had to look the author up on Wiki and she's had quite a life / different. Reminds me a little of the movie District 9, though it differs.thecuecardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08870323589682197091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-69361983049326387842018-03-16T17:10:52.766-07:002018-03-16T17:10:52.766-07:00Margaret Atwood is wonderful!! And I look forward ...Margaret Atwood is wonderful!! And I look forward to reading both Le Guin & Butler too. In fact, I have a an Octavia Butler series awaiting to be read on my Kindle! The other authors mentioned above also sound incredible too.<br /><br />I may not make it to both sessions with Lidia Yuknavitch as there are so many overlapping events/talks going on and they all sound fabulous.Captivated Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789205839634527219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-74234549501887004852018-03-16T12:45:36.760-07:002018-03-16T12:45:36.760-07:00Thank you! I have read everything by Atwood. I hav...Thank you! I have read everything by Atwood. I have many to read yet by Le Guin and have not even started reading Octavia Butler. And now you give us more, new voices!Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-16905233238573008702018-03-16T10:43:02.888-07:002018-03-16T10:43:02.888-07:00Lidia Yuknavitch is speaking twice at the Bay Area...Lidia Yuknavitch is speaking twice at the Bay Area Book Festival this year! <br /><br />Her first talk will feature solely and is titled: <br /><br />"Lidia Yuknavitch in Person: On Fearlessness, Truth, and Misfits: There is no other literary voice like Lidia Yuknavitch’s. She is a “bold and ecstatic writer” (NPR), a writer’s writer, “a trailblazing literary voice that spans genres and dives deep” (Lenny Letter). The author of the award-winning speculative feminist novel “The Book of Joan” and the hypnotic memoir “The Chronology of Water” has experienced domestic violence, struggles with substance abuse, bouts of homelessness, and the loss of a child. In a raw, fearless voice she interrogates conformity, love, sex, the body, memory, and writing itself and inspires her readers with the courage to live (and write) fully. A protege of Ken Kesey and inspired by Kathy Acker, she is a self-proclaimed “misfit” and has penned a book, enhanced by interviews, called “The Misfit’s Manifesto.” Come hear her calls for authenticity in life and literature."<br /><br />The second time Lidia Yuknavitch will be speaking with a panel of other women writers and the talk is titled:<br /><br />"Women & Speculative Fiction: In the Footsteps of Atwood, Butler, and Le Guin: Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, and Ursula Le Guin are three titans of speculative fiction, having paved the way for a new generation of women who hold in their hands the future of the genre. Among this new generation are Asa Avdic, whose “The Dying Game” was called “an Orwellian debut novel that never lets up”; breakout novelist Maggie Shen King, author of “An Excess Male” (dubbed “‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ of a new generation”); literary powerhouse and award-winning author of “The Book of Joan” Lidia Yuknavitch; and influential feminist writer Meg Elison, who won the Philip K. Dick Award for “The Book of the Unnamed Midwife.”"<br />Captivated Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789205839634527219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-28984194733867311922018-03-15T10:09:04.963-07:002018-03-15T10:09:04.963-07:00Lucky you! I want to hear all about it. I have not...Lucky you! I want to hear all about it. I have not seen her speak in person, though I have watched many videos.Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-19281863112124454532018-03-15T09:36:11.629-07:002018-03-15T09:36:11.629-07:00Exciting news!! I just discovered that Lidia Yukna...Exciting news!! I just discovered that Lidia Yuknavitch is going to be at the 2018 Bay Area Book Festival at the end of next month in Berkeley, California along with a plethora of other great authors. <br /><br />I am looking at the 2018 Bay Area Book Festival now, trying to decide which author events I am going to attend!!Captivated Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789205839634527219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-88518951403142197692018-03-14T09:32:47.342-07:002018-03-14T09:32:47.342-07:00I am not sure I share that vision either but I can...I am not sure I share that vision either but I can't help reading about it.Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-75514596303216852262018-03-14T09:31:45.674-07:002018-03-14T09:31:45.674-07:00Thank you. Ever growing, yes. This one was on my l...Thank you. Ever growing, yes. This one was on my list for over a year and now it is read!Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-58476475574470511692018-03-14T07:51:27.335-07:002018-03-14T07:51:27.335-07:00Indeed it sounds not for the faint of heart. I try...Indeed it sounds not for the faint of heart. I try to steer away from post apocalyptic literature; I don't share that chaotic vision of mankind. I'm glad that you enjoyed though.Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242364668293349799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-38544743628101253602018-03-13T23:03:06.732-07:002018-03-13T23:03:06.732-07:00Nice review as usual... I'll be adding this bo...Nice review as usual... I'll be adding this book to my ever growing reading wishlist!Captivated Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789205839634527219noreply@blogger.com