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The Thornwillow Press ‘Ask Hafiz’ by Sahar Muradi

Posted on July 5, 2021 by J. Davis

This little gem of a chap book showed up at my door recently, packed full of other ephemera and goodies from Thornwillow’s Dispatch subscription program.

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The Thornwillow Press ‘Parable of the Sower’ by Octavia Butler

Posted on May 19, 2021 by J. Davis

Whenever a package shows up at the front door, whoever grabs usually yells “Santa!” Any day it is a book that shows up is a good day. From the first book I owned as a child, I’ve always loved getting … Continue reading →

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Portrait of a Free Man by Frederick Douglass; Published by Thornwillow Press

Posted on February 27, 2021 by J. Davis

You’d think during a pandemic, with the yoga studios and tea events I normally work closed, while I work and stay at home except for grocery runs and rides up into the unpopulated trails behind my house, that I’d have … Continue reading →

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Published by Thornwillow Press

Posted on May 13, 2020 by J. Davis

It seems that many of my school peer-group read The Great Gatsby in high school or college. Somehow, I never did. And for the subsequent 35 years I never got around to F. Scott Fitzgerald. I’d run across his name … Continue reading →

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Reading Statistics for 2019

Posted on January 19, 2020 by J. Davis

It’s time to review my reading for the last year and see how I did with respect to my goals of reading widely outside of the Western White Male Canon (WWMC). While reviewing some publishing statistics, I realized that the … Continue reading →

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen; Published by Thornwillow Press

Posted on June 25, 2019 by J. Davis

Despite its reputation, somehow Pride and Prejudice remained unread for the first fifty years of my reading life. I’ve read some of her contemporaneous authors and classics but this one escaped my widely-cast net for one reason or the other. … Continue reading →

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Dante’s Inferno; Published by Thornwillow Press

Posted on December 9, 2018 by J. Davis

“Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita mi ritrovai per una selva oscura…” “…Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself in a dark wilderness.” So begins Dante’s Inferno, the first in the trilogy that makes up The … Continue reading →

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