{"id":1600,"date":"2009-05-17T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-17T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:31:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:31:01","slug":"this-week-in-booklit-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1600","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Booklit News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_nIccA6r7lXY\/ShBEId0MyTI\/AAAAAAAABas\/jFzQk85ymZ4\/s1600-h\/SBBT_09_dates_2.png\" target=_blank title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/writingya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/SBBT_09_dates_2.png\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>There&#8217;s something amazing about getting books to be a part of the collective national conversation. Far from being something that only so-called &#8220;intellectuals&#8221; can get into, books are a gateway into all kinds of topics and places for anyone, and suddenly, they&#8217;re being <a href=\"http:\/\/tanitasdavis.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/odds-ends-blowin-in-wind.html\" target= _blank>mentioned everywhere<\/a>. It&#8217;s kind of cool that books &#8212; and reading &#8212; are fast becoming &#8220;cool&#8221; again. (Of course, for some it&#8217;s not as if they were ever <i>un<\/i>cool to begin with!)<\/p>\n<p>Two fun bookish things have been happening in the blogosphere this week: one, Guys Lit Wire&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/guyslitwire.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/putting-our-money-where-our-mouth-is.html\" target= _blank>Book Fair for Boys<\/a>, in partnership with InsideOut, has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chasingray.com\/archives\/2009\/05\/its_a_beautiful_day.html\" target= _blank>opening the door <\/a> for generous people to donate books to incarcerated guys. What began as a wish to more fully commit ourselves to our intention to promote reading for guys turned into a project that has given us faith in people and hope for a small corner of light in a dark world. The opportunity to donate books continues all through next week.<\/p>\n<p>The second fun thing is that MotherReader has announced the dates for the 48 Hour Reading Challenge, and is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherreader.com\/2009\/05\/fourth-annual-48-hour-book-challenge_13.html\" target= _blank>talking about prizes<\/a> and other fun stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the Summer Blog Blast Tour might have sneaked up on <i>you<\/i>, but not Chasing Ray. Find the full week&#8217;s schedule <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chasingray.com\/archives\/2009\/05\/summer_blog_blast_tour_2009_sc.html\" target= _blank>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s something amazing about getting books to be a part of the collective national conversation. Far from being something that only so-called &#8220;intellectuals&#8221; can&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-1600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-random-notes-and-errata"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5601,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1600\/revisions\/5601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}