Charles Keith
cekeith.bsky.social
Charles Keith
@cekeith.bsky.social
Writer, Playwright, and Humorist.
https://cekeithnc.substack.com/
"A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement-Clarke Moore was first published in 1823

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A great short story by Tania James!

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Medusa by Tania James
“Oh me, I had a temper.”
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December 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Barack Obama's favorite books of 2025. I've seen "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny" on other lists as well, so probably worth checking out!
December 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
December 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Place and Identity
"The search for identity is the modern day pilgrimage"
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December 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." - J.R.R. Tolkien
December 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The second book in a historical thriller trilogy set in Nazi occupied Rome.
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'The Ghosts of Rome' named An Post Irish Book of the Year
Irish novelist and screenwriter Joseph O'Connor's 'The Ghosts of Rome' has been named the An Post Irish Book of the Year.
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December 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Description begins in the writer’s imagination and should end in the reader’s imagination.
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Eye to Eye and Mind to Mind From Writer to Reader
Is writing telepathy? A shared sensory reality between writer and reader?
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December 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A random interesting find.
December 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Have you read any books on this list? What books on this list might make it to your reading table?

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Book Share - A PBS List of 2025 Books of the Year
Is a book that you like on the list?
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December 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
My favorite comic strip series. Loved it as a teenager and I still think it is absolutely brillant.
December 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Check out my latest post and find out what's going on!

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Wading Into the Waters
A week of King, Ellison, and McCullers
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It should be understood that Mr. King has never spoken to me on any matter, including his writing pet peeves, and that the use of his image should not be interpreted as an endorsement by him of my thoughts regarding his book On Writing.

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An Active Voice and Hold the Adverbs Please
The lesson sunk into my head wholeheartedly vs. I took the lesson to heart with my entire being.
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December 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Hemingway famously writes, "All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know." The quote below embodies this tenet.
December 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
A fantastic book! Have you read it? What did you think of it?

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Book Talk - Circe by Madeline Miller
“You threw me to the crows, but it turns out I prefer them to you.”
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