Tag Archives: books

The Art of Curation

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Margaret Elysia Garcia

On my sister blog, Throwing Chanclas, I started a campaign called Just. One. Book. The idea? To build a library back up at Greenville High School. The library has been closed for some 10 odd years and the relationship between books … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged books, curation, English, gabriel garcia marquez, green apple, le video, libraries, lovell's records, Ramstein Air Force Base, read, reading, roman empire, San Francisco, t.s. eliot, throwing chanclas, whittier, whittier public library | 1 Comment

I Hate This Book, Ms. Garcia

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Margaret Elysia Garcia

I hear this …quite a good deal. Unfortunately way too much. I assign a book for my community college students to read and they say, “I hate this book, Ms. Garcia.” Sometimes they say things like, “I don’t like this; … Continue reading →

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