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Kathleen Barker
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Historian, Educator, Librarian, Dog mom.
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Friday—we talk inaugurations at 10AM ET

Then we celebrate 250(!!) episodes at 7:30PM ET.

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January 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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How will I choose?
joelrgarza.bsky.social JoelRGarza @joelrgarza.bsky.social · Dec 1
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

My explanation / gratitude for each & url to purchase is in the alt text 🤠🫶🏽

#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#20BookChallenge

Day 1/20
Front cover of Yasunari Kawabata palm of the hand stories, which I discovered through an epigram in a William T. Vollmann novel. Kabata focuses on three kinds of characters that he says see the world more clearly than anyone else: children, young women, and dying men. Each story is about two pages long, and will have you meditating on its meaning for days (or in my case, decades) later. Start with Thank You or Umbrella. https://www.hpb.com/palm-of-the-hand-stories/M-3669506-T.html?srsltid=AfmBOopWw2EEU1IZP4MaC9iGBkTB5_swsNc5ke1VE6hfGRmL-WHrqGeK
December 1, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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Happy birthday, Pauli Murray! Born November 20, 1910.
historyunerased.bsky.social History UnErased @historyunerased.bsky.social · Nov 20
We are excited for #NCSS2024 & meeting so many educators! If you don’t know Pauli Murray, join us on 11/22 9:45 in 311 for “A Civil Rights Trailblazer: Pauli Murray in Primary Sources” where we will explore the life of Pauli Murray, a Black, queer, civil and women’s rights pioneer. #EduSky #teachers
November 20, 2024 at 8:58 PM