🔖📚 Read Jamaica Kincaid and Kara Walker Made an Irreverent, Charming Kids’ Book by Stephen Bell (Harper’s Bazaar).
I’m super curious to see the book. The article only contains one sample page. It’s gorgeous and I look forward to seeing more.
Planet Word Museum in Washington, DC
Hi there! I'm Kimberly Hirsh. My pronouns are she/ her/hers. I'm somebody's mom. I work as a school librarian. I have a PhD in information and library science. I love to read, play tabletop and video games, and make things. I used to perform in theater and improv comedy and I may one day again. I have been extremely online since 1993 and still enjoy tinkering on the web. I manage multiple chronic illnesses. I'm married to my kid's dad. We have a cat.
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Recent posts
🍿 Watched UHF on the big screen today, when I’d only watched it at home before. Early on I seemed to be the only person laughing but maybe people were feeling shy or something because they laughed more as the movie went on. It’s a funny movie every time.
Finished reading: Essential X-Men - Volume 1
I read these as single issues in Marvel Unlimited, but this is the easiest way to track them.
Currently reading: The Best There is at what He Does: Examining Chris Claremont’s X-Men by Jason Powell 📚
Started watching X-Men 97 📺 which reminded me that I love the X-Men, so now I’m reading this and reading the comics mentioned alongside. Super fun.
Want to read: A Web of Our Own Making by Antón Barba-Kay 📚
My kid told me, “A cross between a piglet and a pug is a puglet.” When I replied, “Good night,” meaning to indicate that it was time to sleep and not to talk, he said, “I just wanted to give you that very valuable information.” I love him the most.
Finished reading: No Good Duke Goes Unpunished by Sarah MacLean 📚
I love every Sarah MacLean heroine.
Finished reading: One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean 📚
Lady Phillipa Marbury is a refreshing take on a bluestocking.
Hello world, I am full of hormonally-induced ill feeling including headache, nausea, and cramps. Until further notice, I hate everything except my family and friends, romance novels, Pepsi with real sugar, and Star Trek.
📚🔖 Here is the actual study with the evidence of the correlation between fiction reading and cognition.