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Charles Keith @cekeith.bsky.social · 11h

An important book for our times! Check out my post and find out more!

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Book Review: It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis

Sadly, it is all too true that it can happen here.

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Charles Keith @cekeith.bsky.social · 2d

Check out what's going on!

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Too Much or Not Enough?

Finding our rhythm

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Charles Keith @cekeith.bsky.social · 3d

Positive news and inspirational!

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When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them

Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years...

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Charles Keith @cekeith.bsky.social · 3d

I wonder what Falstaff will do with all of that Sudafed???

Charles Keith @cekeith.bsky.social · 5d

An essay concerning a few past arboreal friends. Alternate titles were "I Don't Want No Shrubs" and "What you Leaf Behind" (not really)
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...Of Tree I Sing!

Oh how wonderful it is as a child to have a tree as a friend!

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Charles Keith @cekeith.bsky.social · 6d

I might make an argument for 'acceptance', because I don't think that always ties in with forgiveness. I think this an interesting statement, especially if you look at our lives as stories.

Charles Keith @cekeith.bsky.social · 9d

I say “less complicated does not necessarily mean less difficult.” Google Gemini states that “simplicity doesn’t equal ease.” Approaching the same maxim from opposite sides.

Charles Keith @cekeith.bsky.social · 9d

Check in and find out what's going on!

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Let's Check In!

A few things swirling around my brain

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Charles Keith @cekeith.bsky.social · 11d

I remember reading a couple of Stephen King books in high school. There were adult situations in the books mixed in with adolescent thems, but they did not inspire me to violence. The books contained excellent storytelling and a way to use those stories to help navigate adolescence.

Charles Keith @cekeith.bsky.social · 11d

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Stephen King is the most banned author in U.S. schools, PEN report says

PEN America's "Banned in the USA," released Wednesday, tracks over 6,800 instances of books being pulled for the 2024-2025 school year.

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Charles Keith @cekeith.bsky.social · 12d

Check out my new short story on my Substack channel.

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Dual Nature: A Short Story

We either live in the light or we live in the dark. Can we do both?

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Charles Keith @cekeith.bsky.social · 14d

Also I had to look up 'oeuvre' which means "a work of art, music, or literature.' It is fun to learn new words, or at least words that are new to me.

Charles Keith @cekeith.bsky.social · 14d

Per Reuters, ""Laszlo Krasznahorkai is a great epic writer in the Central European tradition that extends through Kafka to Thomas Bernhard, and is characterized by absurdism and grotesque excess," the Academy said in a statement."