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A very long book list

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 I have a very long book list and when the holidays pass, I'll begin reading all those books piled up next to my bed. In the meantime, I'm learning about many more books which I'll simply post here and perhaps read in the days ahead.

Welcome to Book Talk

 During 2022, one of my main goals is to read more. Over time, good books have dramatically and positively affected my life. Now, a year-plus past my 34-year teaching career, it's time to learn a lot before I commit to new life paths, and the best way for me to learn right now is via reading good books.  It's more natural for me to be a tangental learner who multi-tasks by reading short articles, tweets and blog posts, listening to news shows and talking with all kinds of people to learn more and formulate my ideas and resulting action, but to truly learn in deep and meaningful ways, I have to commit good time to rich texts that respond to the questions I have about good living.  So, I've started this new blog to follow my 2022 reading goal, a goal that will make time to read books related to these questions: How can we rid our lives personally and collectively of the racism that causes so much heartache, pain and destruction? How can we live healthy lives? How can we rid s