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Powell's Staff: Five Book Friday: In Memoriam (0 comment)

Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...

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420 Characters by Lou Beach
	Richard Katz, January 01, 2013 very short stories--420 characters--like looking in a window as the car passes--and yet Beach pulls off a narrative closure great cryptic illustrations from a major illustrator what can I say--coffee break lit
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420 Characters by Lou Beach
	Richard Katz, January 18, 2012 Very strange, but compellingly readable. The author, Lou Beach is best known for his illustrations and record cover art, and indeed the illustrations herein are fun. The stories are 420 characters each(-they began as Facebook posts). What haiku is to epic poetry these are to novels or short stories. Thus the book may be read in an hour,or over months. I strongly urge the latter.
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Shallows What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr
	Richard Katz, January 01, 2011 Carr persuasively argues that internet use affects our ability to engage deeply with text. This book builds upon his Atlantic essay "Google is Making us Stupid" demonstrating in a variety of paradigms that internet searching is producing a habit of fragmented attention.
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Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
	Richard Katz, January 01, 2010 Clear prose. Strong plotting. A courageous story.
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