by Jamie Chavez | Jan 16, 2016 | Miscellany
You’ve heard me say this before: I grew up in a home filled with books and magazines, music and musical instruments. I have known from my youth that exposure to this made a huge difference in my intellectual life. (That I cared about having an intellectual life at all...
by Jamie Chavez | Nov 23, 2013 | Miscellany, The Arts & Media
A friend of mine brought this fascinating little interactive map to my attention, and I think it’s so interesting I wanted to bring it to yours. Honestly, I’m not smart enough to extrapolate a smart post from this data … but I do think it’s an interesting statement...
by Jamie Chavez | Mar 18, 2013 | Authors & Other Writers, Miscellany, The Arts & Media
There was a bit of a brouhaha in the writing world last week,* and I’ve been watching the commentary and thinking about it, wondering if it was something I should bring to your attention. It started when a well-known freelance journalist, Nate Thayer, was approached...
by Jamie Chavez | Apr 9, 2012 | Books You Might Like, Guest Posts
My friend April knows more than a little about books and food and the ways they intersect in real life. So while I’m meeting a deadline, here’s her latest book review. America’s Test Kitchen Improves My Love Relationship It would be fair to say we like to cook, Fella...
by Jamie Chavez | Jan 12, 2012 | Miscellany
I do love reading on my Kindle. It’s physically easier (especially when I’m lying in bed), and faster. So why is it that I still would rather own the book? I’m mean, I’m well on my way to having a book storage problem (again). So … why? Help me, Obi-Wan. Well, I think...
