06-08-09 Nonfiction, open chat
The transcript below covers the complete #litchat conversation on June 8, 2009. The order appears sequentially from the first post to the final post. Topic was open discussion of Nonfiction for Education and Entertainment. For more LitChat discussion, be sure to search Twitter using the #litchat hashtag.
| LitChat: Welcome to Monday’s LitChat. This week we’re discussing Non-fiction to Educate and to Entertain. Step into the salon and join us. #litchat |
| LitChat: Q1 Who are you and do you read non-fiction? If so, why? Can use more than one tweet! #litchat |
| BookingIt: @LitChat I’m Laura, a book blogger, and I was just realizing I rarely read non-fiction anymore. I buy it, but it sits on the shelf. #litchat |
| Expat_Istanbul: literary nonfiction is art not imitating life, but trying to reflect it accurately, aesthetically. real, only better #litchat |
| insidebooks: @LitChat History books have become narrative and accessible over the last few years and are big sellers just ordered Beevor’s D-Day #litchat |
| ixtumea: @LitChat I l read non-fiction mostly for research–like Egypt facts for my MG book #litchat |
| jtlongandco: I am a writer so I read everything fiction and nonfict because my job is to collect info. process it and create a cohesive message. #litchat |
| VanessaDobbs: Vanessa.Avid reader.Read nonfiction to increase my knowledgE.Usaually biographical or history #litchat |
| doart: @litchat usually I am spurred to read non-fiction by something fictional (book or movie) that sparked an interest #litchat |
| mmj5170: I read non-fiction because I really want the long story or explanation and not just newspaper snapshot. #litchat |
| Expat_Istanbul: Sorry, didn’t introduce myself. I’m co-editor of a bestselling nonfiction anthology, Tales from the Expat Harem. #litchat |
| mindywithrow: I’m a non-fiction author learning to write fiction. Besides fiction, I read biography, memoir, theology, philosophy & history. #litchat |
| Expat_Istanbul: I’m an avid reader of expatriate literature in particular. Interested in seeing how cultures clash and connect #litchat |
| insidebooks: Love Russian history. Orlando Figes People’s Tragedy was good. You can be inspired by the events of the past. #litchat |
| LitChat: @Expat_Istanbul Welcome back. I remember you from your visit during our Expat Lit week with @Thandelike. #litchat |
| Expat_Istanbul: @litchat glad to be back! Thanks! #litchat |
| insidebooks: Sorry introductions: avid reader. Think of War & Peace, Quiet Flows the Don and even Dr Zhivago, History breathes through them all. #litchat |
| LynThorneAlder: I read non-fiction because I’m fascinated by how things work and how they’ve developed. As @mmj5170, I want to know the long story. #litchat |
| Expat_Istanbul: my current work in progress is fiction, though #litchat |
| bibliolatrist: @LitChat Re Q1: I don’t often read nonfic, but when I do it’s because I want to learn more about a subject. Astronomy = my favorite #litchat |
| Expat_Istanbul: @LynThorneAlder I agree. I read alot of science related nonfic, etc #litchat |
| VanessaDobbs: Iread a lot of WW1 letters after reading Birdsong #litchat |
| hermitpaul: I read non-fiction books because I have an undying thirst for trivial knowledge. Mostly programming, chemistry and psychology. #litchat |
| Expat_Istanbul: nonfic has come a long way in terms of the entertainment value. Even economics is interesting these days, the way it’s styled #litchat |
| hermitpaul: Psychology: usually in criminal context; must know if shows like “Criminal Minds” aren’t making it up. #litchat |
| bibliolatrist: I’m with @doart – usually something I read in fiction spurs me to learn about it “for real” via nonfiction #litchat |
| biblioaddict: #litchat About half of everything I read is non-fiction. I’m especially partial to history, science, and books on current politics. |
| DutchessAbroad: Hi I’ve published book on the role of creativity in dealing with grief. I write about art and read nonfiction #LitChat |
| DutchessAbroad: read nonfiction for research. #LitChat |
| hermitpaul: It’s presented very well, usually. There must be a ‘For Dummies’ book on a thousand equally trivial subjects. #litchat |
| CarolyBurnsBass: @insidebooks I, too, love history books that have a narrative voice, rather than a page-by-page blows of facts. #litchat |
| biblioaddict: #litchat I also really love travel writing, a genre that doesn’t get nearly enough attention in my opinion. |
| TimOBrienNYT: Love non-fiction because it’s a huge cornucopia of facts and patterns #litchat |
| lmango: I love memiors and biographies. Also non-fiction on women’s rights and feminism. “The Slow Movement” was one of my recent faves. #litchat |
| Expat_Istanbul: @biblioaddict what is your favorite political book of late? #litchat |
| dancinfool: Love non-fiction. Like everything from biographies to books on health/science. I learn something new every time I read. #litchat |
| VanessaDobbs: I also like science and medicine.Popular science readable these days #litchat |
| mjmbecky: @LitChat Becky. Love reading newest “foodie” nonfiction as look inside world of chefs and restaurants. #litchat |
| mindywithrow: I read history, theology & philosophy b/c I’m curious about WHY – why we do & think as individuals & cultures. #litchat |
| DutchessAbroad: Much about aftermath WWII #LitChat |
| Expat_Istanbul: @biblioaddict much agreed. Travel lit, expat lit need more spotlight. Esp as the world continues to shrink #litchat |
| mjmbecky: Also, have always loved books of theory and biographies. Can’t read nonfiction w/out a pen or pencil though! #litchat |
| VanessaDobbs: Notkeen onthe tragic stories though too heartbreaking. Like memoirs and traveltoo #litchat |
| insidebooks: @CarolyBurnsBass Luckily most good history books have that narrative voice/facts balance. Stalingrad seemed to have it right. #litchat |
| LitChat: @Expat_Istanbul Your explanation of literary non-fiction is spot on. #litchat |
| TimOBrienNYT: In nonfiction, all the discoveries and surprises are in the research, and in fiction, they’re all in the writing -100 NYers of ’70s #litchat |
| Expat_Istanbul: @mindywithrow ditto. from Holographic Universe to A New Earth, the nature of reality from mechanical and spiritual viewpoints #litchat |
| mindywithrow: Being a writer, I also read lit biogs (currently reading Gooch’s FLANNERY) and books on craft. #litchat |
| hermitpaul: @biblioaddict I’d read more books on travel, but wallet is thin. Don’t want pages gloating to me. 🙂 #litchat |
| dosankodebbie: @LitChat Hi, I made it from Japan again. I didn’t use to think nonFic had to be as well-written like fiction, but I do now. #litchat |
| mmj5170: @TimOBrienNYT I like that explanation! #litchat |
| DutchessAbroad: @TimOBrienNYT how do you continue after you’ve made the discoveries? When my curiosity is ssatified I want to move on #LitChat |
| hermitpaul: @Expat_Istanbul The final frontier may be our own minds. Several (arrogant) people love using psychedelic drugs… #litchat |
| Expat_Istanbul: But the craft is increasingly important in BOTH nonfic and fic. #litchat |
| TimOBrienNYT: @mmj5170 it’s a valuable one #litchat |
| VanessaDobbs: @Expat_Istanbul agree need to be well written to keep my interest #litchat |
| mindywithrow: @Expat_Istanbul Yes; so many viewpoints to discover & explore. #litchat |
| biblioaddict: #litchat @Expat_Istanbul The events he recount in that book would have been so funny if they’re weren’t so sad and true. |
| Expat_Istanbul: subjects that use to be (more often than not) sleep-inducers for the layperson are now accessible because more craft in creating #litchat |
| retheauditors: Found a new group via @timobriennyt @LitChat: LitChat blog updated with last week’s #litchat chatscripts http://www.litchat.net/past-litchats. |
| LitChat: Q2 fm @susanmpls: Do you read in themes? That is, bunch of books on a specific topic? #litchat |
| biblioaddict: @hermitpaul @Expat_Istanbul The Best American Travel writing series is a great resource for wonderful travel essays. #litchat |
| Expat_Istanbul: Q2- yes. If impassioned on a topic, I’ll buy everything interesting on that one topic. #litchat |
| alexisgrant: I love reading nonfiction, esp. travel stories and narrative nonfiction. And I’m writing a travel memoir about seeing Africa solo! #litchat |
| DutchessAbroad: memoirs by Salinger’s lover and than the daughter’s #LitChat |
| Expat_Istanbul: thanks, @biblioaddict ! #litchat |
| VanessaDobbs: Ihave just bought a few books about the tudors. Have alsohad WW1and WW2 phases and Hist of medicine Q2 #litchat |
| BookingIt: @LitChat Q2 I used to, but my attention span isn’t long enough anymore. I’m usually ready for something different when I finish. #litchat |
| Expat_Istanbul: @alexisgrant that’s fantastic. Congratulations. #litchat |
| mmj5170: Q2- I really like to read the political books. Sick but entertaining. #litchat |
| mjmbecky: As a high school English teacher, I often turn to nonfiction for writing examples. For some reason, travel writing has been good. #litchat |
| mindywithrow: Q2 @susanmpls I do sometimes read 2-3 books on a given subject, if interesting, but usually no more unless I’m researching. #litchat |
| bibliolatrist: I agree with @BookingIt – usually one book at a time on a given subject, although I may go back later (much later) for more #litchat |
| TimOBrienNYT: @dediaf great narration weaves the facts together in patterns that help make sense of them, yes? #litchat |
| mjmbecky: Themes in nonfiction are usually centered around areas of the globe we are studying w/ students. #litchat |
| VanessaDobbs: @mjmbecky love travel writing historical like the white nile and modern #litchat |
| CarolyBurnsBass: @TimOBrienNYT It’s those discoveries that inspire the researcher, but how the characters use the discoveries inspires the writer. #litchat |
| TimOBrienNYT: @CarolyBurnsBass that quote sorting out diff betw. fiction and non-fiction is from “100 New Yorkers of the 1970s” #litchat |
| mjmbecky: Seems to me that nonfiction is easier to jump in and out of. Can be read in bite-size chunks? #litchat |
| insidebooks: @VanessaDobbs Whats a good history of medicine for someone who is not scientific? #litchat |
| biblioaddict: #litchat re: themes. Sometimes it works out that way, but often not intentionally. And usually not one right after the other. |
| writerscanvas: @LitChat I write women’s fiction and tend to read books in that general genre, so yes, I suppose so. Love stories w/relationships #litchat |
| DutchessAbroad: Thx @CarolyBurnsBass It’s those discoveries that inspire the researcher, but how the characters use the discoveries inspires the wr #LitChat |
| Expat_Istanbul: currently reading The Generation Game by David McWilliams, a bitingly sharp and very witty look at modern Ireland #litchat |
| CarolyBurnsBass: @TimOBrienNYT Sorry! The tweet was too long and I chopped it, not knowing it was an attribute. Thanks for the clarification. #litchat |
| biblioaddict: #litchat I really liked THE CANON though, which has gotten me very interested in astronomy and physics. I plan to follow up on that later. |
| CollectedMisc: @LitChat: re: Q1: this freelance writer/editor reads non-fic regularly to learn, be entertained & be better at my job #litchat |
| mindywithrow: @mjmbecky Agree. I dip in & out of non-fiction, always have something in process even while reading fiction. #litchat |
| VanessaDobbs: @insidebooks Igot ahuge book from the works called the history of medicine for Approx £10 don’tknow if still do it #litchat |
| peggyfrezon: Hi #litchat I wrote a memoir on dogs and dieting which has an agent now. yay! I write for Guideposts and Chicken Soup. |
| dediaf: @timobrienNYT, Exactly. Narration already involves wrtg choices cornucopia didn’t imply-following partic individs, ideas, acts, etc #litchat |
| mmj5170: Being a Non-fiction book is not a license to not be entertaining. I expect to say “wow!” at the end. #litchat |
| VanessaDobbs: @insidebooks covers prehistory to present day in easy to understand sections. #litchat |
| biblioaddict: #litchat @SighWTF I loved WORLD WAR Z. I hope to get to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat soon. I love his articles in the New Yorker. |
| Expat_Istanbul: Many friends and family can have 5 books going at once. I can only process one at a time… #litchat |
| insidebooks: @VanessaDobbs Thanks that sounds good #litchat |
| lmango: #litchat @mindywithrow same here. I have to switch from some of my feminism non-fic to fiction b/c I get so enraged ha. |
| TimOBrienNYT: @dediaf agreed! #litchat |
| biblioaddict: @lustyreader Definitely! I’ve heard a lot of good things about FRENCH LESSONS. I need to look into it. #litchat |
| bibliolatrist: @biblioaddict @sighwtf Isn’t the film of WWZ coming out soon? I’m pretty sure I saw some sort of teaser / promo artwork online. #litchat |
| VanessaDobbs: @Expat_Istanbul I’m the same can just manageone fiction andone non fiction ata time #litchat |
| LitChat: Q3 fm susanmpls: Does info in fiction inspire your NF choices? (May have already touched on this, but continue on.) #litchat |
| peggyfrezon: Reading The Art of Racing in the Rain. #litchat |
| PD_Smith: Absolutely! RT @TimOBrienNYT: Love non-fiction because it’s a huge cornucopia of facts and patterns #litchat |
| LitChat: @peggyfrezon Congratulations. Here’s to a good sale. #litchat |
| mindywithrow: @lmango I know the feeling! Though trying to be choosier with books so I get enraged slightly less often. ;o) #litchat |
| dosankodebbie: @Expat_Istanbul I often”parallel read” I have about five books going on at any one time. #litchat |
| insidebooks: Q3 there is often a direct link backwards and forwards until a theme comes to a natural end. #litchat |
| TimOBrienNYT: So best non-fiction book EVER is? 🙂 #litchat |
| mmj5170: Q3- I don’t recall being inspired to read a fiction story from NF. But like earlier stated the reverse is true. #litchat |
| Expat_Istanbul: Q3- no, just the opposite. If I like a nonfic topic, I’ll read on that topic for bakground then perhaps read fiction based on it #litchat |
| VanessaDobbs: @LitChat Q3 sometimes fiction can lead you to want to find out more esp historical periods not covered at school or unfam cultures #litchat |
| peggyfrezon: @LitChat. Thanks! Sorry if I’m behind on the questions, I think I’m figuring it out now. My first #litchat! |
| RayGarton: @TimOBrienNYT BETTE AND JOAN: THE DIVINE FEUD by Shaun Considine. #litchat |
| lmango: #litchat definitely inspired by info in fiction. I’d also spend hours in the library in the non-fic section browsing for good stuff. |
| mmj5170: @TimOBrienNYT I love baseball and have a weird fascination to business books so Moneyball was well, Money to me. #litchat |
| Expat_Istanbul: @dosankodebbie well done! what are your current 5? #litchat |
| LitChat: Q4 fm @TimOBrienNYT: So best non-fiction book EVER is? 🙂 #litchat |
| mindywithrow: @dosankodebbie Me too on the parallel reading. Fiction I usually do as serial, but non-fic I’ll have several going at a time. #litchat |
| TimOBrienNYT: @mmj5170 I have a weakness for The Power Broker by Caro. #litchat |
| CarolyBurnsBass: Q4: Not fair! This would have to be divided by biography, how-to, history, memoir. #litchat |
| PaintsNature: @TimOBrienNYT Don’t know about EVER, but “Skeletons of the Zahara” “Undaunted Courage” and “One River” are among my faves. #litchat |
| biblioaddict: #litchat re: Q3. Oddly, I dont think I’e ever been inspired by fiction to read nonfiction. Nor the other way around. Usually its NF=more NF. |
| VanessaDobbs: @LitChat Q4 I loved Testament of youth by Vera Brittain #litchat |
| Expat_Istanbul: Q4- if we’re talking nonfic, does that mean the best CRAFTED nonfc work, or the nonfic that impacted my life most? Ideas count,here #litchat |
| mindywithrow: Q4: Impossible! Too many non-fic categories to choose 1 title from 1 category. #litchat |
| VanessaDobbs: @CarolyBurnsBass agrre impossible to choose best ever #litchat |
| CarolyBurnsBass: Q4: Right now I’m loving THE WAR OF ART by Steven Pressfield. (For the third time.) #litchat |
| mmj5170: Guy Kawasaki’s The Art of the Start is a fantastic book for starting any project as well as amazingly entertaining. Ever? But good. #litchat |
| jtlongandco: Best nonfiction ever: Joseph Campbell’s mythology series. #litchat |
| TimOBrienNYT: @mindywithrow you have to try anway. 🙂 #litchat |
| lmango: #litchat does anyone start drawing a blank when asked for fave books? I forget the book I’m even currently reading. Do I even read? Crap. |
| jtlongandco: RT @CarolyBurnsBass Right now I’m loving THE WAR OF ART by Steven Pressfield. (For the third time.) #litchat |
| KFZuzulo: #litchat @TimOBrienNYT The Caliph’s House, by Tahir Shah; close 2nd for me is Garlic & Sapphires by Ruth Reichl-appeals to mouth & heart |
| biblioaddict: #litchat re: Q4. Right now, my favorite non-fiction book is THE CANON by Natalie Angier. |
| Expat_Istanbul: @lmango I’m with you there #litchat |
| alexisgrant: Reading Three Cups of Tea, which is fabulous so far. #litchat |
| jtlongandco: RT @VanessaDobbs @LitChat Q4 I loved Testament of youth by Vera Brittain #litchat |
| biblioaddict: #litchat I’ve never read a nonfiction book on science with such sparkling prose. |
| VanessaDobbs: @lmango lol can never remember titles or authors if put onthe spot #litchat |
| jtlongandco: RT @alexisgrant Reading Three Cups of Tea, which is fabulous so far. #litchat |
| peggyfrezon: Q4 #litchat For writers, Stein on Writing is super helpful. |
| jtlongandco: RT @biblioaddict #litchat re: Q4. Right now, my favorite non-fiction book is THE CANON by Natalie Angier. |
| mjmbecky: @mindywithrow Is nice to use nonfiction and fiction hand in hand. I just used Jamaica Kincaid’s nonfiction to help teach fict. #litchat |
| VanessaDobbs: @alexisgrant have that in my pile to read #litchat |
| mindywithrow: @lmango & @vanessadobbs Same here – even if I’ve met or interviewed the author!! #litchat |
| jtlongandco: RT @peggyfrezon Q4 #litchat For writers, Stein on Writing is super helpful. |
| dosankodebbie: @Expat_Istanbul All different genres. A Non-Fic anthology (ExPat Harem), a mystery, a picturebook, theology, and a Japanese novel #litchat |
| mjmbecky: Couldn’t possibly think of “favorite” in nonfiction. Not the same emotional connection. Like, but not label “favorite”…yet. #litchat |
| lmango: @VanessaDobbs I inevitably sound like a moron, then shout out the first book I recall which is usually like JaniceDickensons bio #litchat |
| EliseBlackwell: @TimOBrienNYT @LitChat Since we can’t count W.G. Sebald as nonfiction, I’ll pick Rising Tide as a great recent nonfiction bk. #litchat |
| mindywithrow: @mjmbecky Great! Husband just used a Flannery O’Connor story in teaching a philosophical theology class. Love the cross-genre. #litchat |
| history_geek: RT @timobrienNYT So best non-fiction book EVER is? 🙂 #litchat |
| jtlongandco: @mjmbecky So pair Gone with the Wind with Bruce Catton’s The Civil War? #litchat |
| mmj5170: The bargain table dictates a lot of the NF that I read, I must profess. #litchat |
| VanessaDobbs: @lmango lol. I have to keep a file of everything I read and referto that #litchat |
| dosankodebbie: @LitChat Recommend Asking the Right Questions by Brown & Kealy about critical thinking. Helps me be a discerning reader of non-fic #litchat |
| CarolyBurnsBass: @mmj5170 Nothing wrong with bargain table books. I always hit those stacks first. #litchat |
| alexisgrant: Any other suggestions for books on how to write nonfiction? RT @peggyfrezon Stein on Writing is super helpful. #litchat |
| Expat_Istanbul: sorry to cut out early, but cinderella has to get to bed before istanbul clocks strike midnight! Hope to join again soon! #litchat |
| jtlongandco: RT @dosankodebbie Best NF Asking the Right Questions by Brown & Kealy. Helps me be a discerning reader of non-fic #litchat |
| mjmbecky: @mindywithrow Yes! Students amazed to see authors explaining their own idea. Kincaid’s, A Small Place, great for that. #litchat |
| EliseBlackwell: #litchat For a nonfiction book about books, try Library: An Unquiet History. Very smart, gracefully written. (author is on twitter, too.) |
| VanessaDobbs: @Expat_Istanbul Goodnight #litchat |
| CarolyBurnsBass: @alexisgrant If you’re writing memoir, you should also be studying fictional techniques for pacing, tension, and voice. #litchat |
| lmango: @VanessaDobbs that is a GREAT idea #litchat |
| mindywithrow: @EliseBlackwell LIBRARY sounds great! Thanks for the rec. #litchat |
| dosankodebbie: @Expat_Istanbul hoe to chat with you again #litchat |
| Kirchberg: @TimOBrienNYT “Last Chance To See” by Douglas Adams #litchat |
| Kevin_Lately: The Bass Booms & Rims Spin. It’s Saturday night & My girl Gina sits @ my side. Her hand in my lap. This Street is Easy;but Not Gina #litchat |
| alexisgrant: @CarolyBurnsBass Yes, for sure! (I actually blog about that here: http://tinyurl.com/nz9gfb ) Good point. #litchat |
| lmango: #litchat Not sure for NF but Wild Mind by natalie goldberg was great inspiration for writing in general. |
| peggyfrezon: @alexis grant I also like The Making of a Story by Alice LaPlante. #litchat |
| mjmbecky: Sorry, but favorite nonfiction has to be essays by Michel de Montaigne. Will take me years to cover them all! #litchat |
| bibliolatrist: A Brief History of Time is one of my nonfiction faves #litchat |
| RogerSPress: RT @TimOBrienNYT: So best non-fiction book EVER is? 🙂 #litchat — that’s easy: OED |
| mindywithrow: @mjmbecky A SMALL PLACE new to me. Will check out – thanks! #litchat |
| mjmbecky: @mindywithrow Is fabulous, & will change the way you look at being a “tourist” forever! #litchat |
| dediaf: @RogerSPress Ack, you’re a man after me own heart. Though I do love Caro and Michael Lewis so (others’ replies) #litchat |
| mjmbecky: @Litchat Nonfiction must reads? Or, is that question too loaded? #litchat |
| nancyrawlinson: Nonfiction writing guides? Telling True Stories by the Harvard Neiman Foundation #litchat |
| Jnagymama: @TimoBrianNYT ‘And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic’ by Randy Shilts #litchat |
| nancyrawlinson: Also, The New New Journalism, ed. by Robert Boynton. #litchat |
| Jnagymama: @TimOBrienNYT ‘And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic’ by Randy Shilts #litchat |
| mjmbecky: Question though…is political nonfiction really nonfiction? Sometimes feel as though getting as much fiction because of opinion? #litchat |
| nancyrawlinson: @TimoBrianNYT Best NF is too broad a category, IMHO. You’ve got your memoir, your journalism-driven, your idea-based exploration #litchat |
| doart: @mjmbecky good point. Political NF is very slanted. I think it’s in its own category #litchat |
| mmj5170: @mjmbecky Good question concerning Political NF! I guess just have to give benefit of the doubt. Any book can be wrong, I guess. #litchat |
| RogerSPress: @dediaf How cd U pick _one_ best-written nf bk? Impossible. QED: OED, which towers over all efforts. The Wikipedia of 19th century #litchat |
| nancyrawlinson: Here’s a NF book which cross boundaries in terms of “type” but is a compelling read: “The Spirit Catches You…” by Anne Fadiman #litchat |
| Spenceratops2: @TimOBrienNYT Boswell’s Life of Johnson would be best ever. Favorite recent nf book is “The Metaphysical Club” by Louis Menand. #litchat |
| peggyfrezon: @TimOBrienNYT Ah, OED -bad memories. Few years ago I passed one by at a garage sale (50 cents) Then found out how valuable it is. #litchat |
| mindywithrow: @mjmbecky Not just political non-fic – have to fact-check all kinds. Everything boils down to perspective, eh? #litchat |
| mmj5170: Thank you all, especially to @litchat for hosting. Must run, see ya next time. #litchat |
| LitChat: We’ve come to the end of our official 1-hour chat, but feel free to continue discussing the best non-fiction ever. #litchat |
| lmango: thank you! Great chat! #litchat |
| LitChat: Come back on Wednesday for guest host @amyeureka, author of WICKED PLANTS. She keeps a poison garden at her house! #litchat |
| VanessaDobbs: @LitChat thanks for hosting and to everyone for great chat #litchat |
| foliosociety: For style and substance Gribbins ‘History of Western Science’ #litchat |
| LitChat: Read more about @amyeureka and her book WICKED PLANTS on her website at http://www.amystewart.com. #litchat |
| LitChat: While I have your attention, is anyone interested in moderating LitChat next week M-W-F? I will be in Ireland for business. #litchat |
| EliseBlackwell: RT @LitChat: Topic in #litchat is Non-fiction to Educate & Entertain. Guest host on WED is @amyeureka, author of WICKED PLANTS. 1pm PST. |
| lmango: After a great #litchat, I’m heading to get a library card in my new city. I’ll be browsing the stacks then popping champagne with my man. |
| caferozella: RT @TimOBrienNYT: So best non-fiction book EVER is? 🙂 #litchat Darwin, “Origin of the Species” |
| Best_Books: sorry to hv missed #litchat tonight – am now reading back debate – sounds fun! |
| LitChat: @dosankodebbie Sorry I missed this until now: Go to http://www.tweetchat.com. Sign in just like twitter, then enter room #litchat. |
| mjmbecky: @jtlongandco Hadn’t considered that pairing. 🙂 Although, GWTW is a bit long for my students! #litchat |
| otolythe: RT @EliseBlackwell For a nonfiction book about books, try Library: An Unquiet History. Very smart, gracefully written #litchat |
| redRavine: QM: Catching up. RT @LitChat: Wednesday guest host @amyeureka, author of WICKED PLANTS. She keeps a poison garden at her house! #litchat |
| redRavine: QM: Reading: RT @LitChat: Read more about @amyeureka and her book WICKED PLANTS on her website at http://www.amystewart.com. #litchat |
| susanmpls: Loved Janisse Ray’s “Ecology of a Cracker Childhood” & Bill McKibben’s “Deep Economy” @TimOBrienNYT: best NF bk EVER? #litchat |
| LynThorneAlder: @Expat_Istanbul My favorite topics are archaic how-to; Foxfire, for example, or good SCA stuff. How it was done in the way-back. #litchat |
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