blackboard.

here is a bibliography ( in no particular order) to my written education of the past year, i recommend each of these books in one way or another because they influenced this season in some way.



the emboldened titles were especially influential or resonant:



Celebration of Discipline- Richard J. Foster

Beyond Charity- Dr. John M. Perkins

Teaching Community: A Pedagogy Of Hope- bell hooks

Cat's Cradle- Kurt Vonnegut

Jesus & The Disinherited- Howard Thurman

Freedom, Sex, Economy, Community- Wendell Berry

Out Of Solitude- Henri Nouwen

Why Are All The Black Kids All Sitting Together In The Lunch Room?... And Other Conversations On Race- Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum

On The Road- Jack Keruac

The Four Canonized Gospels-

Nickel & Dimed- Barbara Erhenreich

Irresistible Revolution- Shane Claiborne

Wild Years: The Myth & Music Of Tom Waits- Jay S. Jacobs

Living More With Less- Doris Janzen Longacre

Telling Secrets- Frederik Buechner

Saint Francis- G. K. Chesterton

Burt Me Standing- Isabel Fonseca

Freedom Of Simplicity- Richard J. Foster

The Masnavi, Book One - Jalal al-Din Rumi ( translated by Jawid Mojaddedi )

Faces Of Latin America- Duncan Green

The Corner: A Year In The Life Of An Inner-City Neighborhood- David Simon, Edward Burns

Ragamuffin Gospel- Brennan Manning

( What's Currently Known As...) The Old Testament-

Orpheus Emerges- Jack Keruac

Velvet Elvis- Rob Bell

I, Rigoberta Menchu- Rigoberta Menchu ( translated by Ann Wright)

Leaves Of Grass- Walt Whitman

Zen & The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance- Robert M. Pirsig

Death Of A Salesman- Arthur Miller

Various Essays On Community- Jean Vanier, M. Scott Peck, John Alexander

More Than Serving Tea- Nikki A. Toyama, Tracy Gee, Kathy Khang, Christie Heller De Leon, Asifa Dean

Conscience & Obedience- William Stringfellow

Naked Lunch- William S. Burroughs

Many Articles In These Periodicals: ADbusters, Geez, The Defenestrator, Sojourners, Relevant, The Catholic Worker


so, turns out i read a lot more with no TV/movies, no consistent inter-web access, and roughly 12 CDs/tapes. I highly recommend it!