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Hope Coulter
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Creative writing professor emerita | dogs, birds, books | pro science, democracy, justice, freedom of the press, and human rights | anti tyranny

www.hopecoulter.com | she/her
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I’m sooo excited for this book—been waiting for another novel from Kiran Desai ever since I fell in love with The Inheritance of Loss some years ago.

#BookSky 💙 📚
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Cover of Desai’s _The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny_
September 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Arkansas showed up! In Little Rock, a crowd estimated by the statewide newspaper at 8,000 marched to take a stand for Constitutional rights and against tyranny. It was a day of sunny skies and good vibes, with a steady stream of passersby honking and cheering in support. #NoKings
Crowd at peaceful march by River Crowd with sign “Rejecting Kings since 1776” Sign: “History has its eyes on you” Painted on umbrella: “I need to be able to tell my children I did not stay silent”
June 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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This book leaves me spellbound—the lilt of its prose, the solidity of its setting and main character, the way the story sneaks up on you and widens into more. It’s going to be with me for a long time.

#BookSky 💙📚
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Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan
December 17, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 20
Death Comes for the Archbishop, by Willa Catherine
December 13, 2024 at 3:16 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 19
Dublin’s, by James Joyce
December 12, 2024 at 4:38 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 18
The Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri
December 11, 2024 at 2:46 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 17
Caddie Woodlawn, by Carol Ryrie Brink
December 10, 2024 at 3:47 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 16
Encounters with the Archdruid, by John McPhee
December 8, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 15
Collected Stories, Katherine Anne Porter
December 7, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 14
A Gathering of Old Men, by Ernest J. Gaines
December 6, 2024 at 10:23 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 13
Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot, by Mark Vanhoenacker
December 5, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 12
One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Marquez
December 5, 2024 at 1:33 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 11
Winnie the Pooh, by A. A. Milne
December 4, 2024 at 12:27 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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#BookChallenge

Day 10
Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid
December 2, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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#BookChallenge

Day 9
Golden Gate, by Vikram Seth
December 1, 2024 at 11:50 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 8
Charlotte’s Web, by E. B. White
November 30, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 7
Middlemarch, by George Eliot
November 29, 2024 at 11:46 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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Day 6
The Heart’s Invisible Furies, by John Boyne
November 28, 2024 at 8:55 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 5
The Moviegoer, by Walker Percy
November 27, 2024 at 10:39 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 4
My Family and Other Animals, by Gerald Durrell
November 26, 2024 at 5:14 PM
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On my morning dog walk I got great looks at this Gulf Fritillary, clinging to a branch and waiting for the day to warm up. Such a striking pattern on the underside of the wings.

#butterflies
November 25, 2024 at 11:39 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 3
Dreams from my Father: A Story of a race and Inheritance, by Barack Obama
November 24, 2024 at 8:23 PM
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“Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine"—Nine years ago this beautiful creature, abandoned in our neighborhood, walked into our lives. So glad she decided to keep us.

#dogs
#dogsofbluesky
#rescuedogs
November 24, 2024 at 4:45 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 2
The Shipping News, by E. Annie Proulx
November 23, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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#Books
#BookChallenge
The Inheritance of Loss, by Kiran Desai
November 22, 2024 at 7:21 PM