The Non-fiction Feature: In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
The Children’s Spot: Our World of Dumplings by Francie Dekker and Sarah Jung
The Product Spot: Healthy soil for your garden – University of Minnesota
Author Archives: Carlen
Healthy soil for your garden – University of Minnesota
If you are a novice gardener (like myself), these are some really useful tips about what type of organic matter to add, how to rotate crops, and different plant families. Happy gardening!
Our World of Dumplings
Children in an apartment complex travel from apartment to apartment to see what people are making for a dumpling festival, and the findings are delicious.
In Defense of Food
How the Western diet came to be, how it damaged us, and how we can fix it.
Firekeeper’s Daughter
A crime thriller that is also a survey of struggles: between identities, families, cultures, and the groups we form.
Killers of the Flower Moon
A story from the 1920s, about how the world’s richest people were becoming the world’s most murdered.
National Museum of the American Indian
The National Museum of the American Indian is a cultural and educational entity. They care for one of the world’s largest collections of Native artifacts, such as objects and photographs, spanning the entire Western Hemisphere.
Pithy Summary – Bulletin #54
The Non-fiction Feature: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
The Fiction Spot: Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
The Product Spot: National Museum of the American Indian
Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights
How the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions can shape police behavior, for better or worse.
Pithy Summary – Bulletin #49
The Non-fiction Feature: Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
The Fiction Spot: 2054 by Elliot Ackerman & Admiral James Stavridis
The Product Spot: NatGeo Geography page