“You write in order to change the world … if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.” ― James Baldwin This past October, I attended a lecture on diversity by Christopher Myers at the university where I work. It was enlightening. He triggered an examination of how I […]
Tag Archives: Mike Hays
March
29
A Thief and a Liar: Ten Short Stories for Young Male Wanna-Be Readers by Mike Hays
posted by CBethM
Back in 1980, in a public high school in Kansas City, Kansas, a young football lineman, a junior at the school, took a semester course called Short Story. The young man took this course either because he was incredibly interested in literature, OR, it sounded like an easy class to take (You know, a SHORT […]
Library Love by Mike Hays
posted by CBethM
Don’t you just love libraries? I know, dumb question for the Nerdy Book Club nation, but don’t you? I am a fan of the library, especially my local library, the Clay Center (KS) Carnegie Library. I fondly remember my branch library in my childhood hometown of Kansas City, Kansas. I remember the smell, the quiet, […]
A Nerdy Boy
posted by CBethM
I must come clean. I get a little envious of the Nerdy Book Club Reading Life posts which fondly recall in beautiful, vivid detail the reading of books at a very young age. I wish I had that memory, but I don’t. Don’t get me wrong, I love books and I love stories, but I […]
Nerdy Book Club 