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Tomato Nation Read-Along #8: Poll
March 2, 2011 – 4:01 PM | 11 Comments
Tomato Nation Read-Along #8: Poll

After losing out to Zinn by a mere two votes, the Shannen Doherty book is back for another crack at the TNRA, along with Grann’s nonfiction yarn; a fistful of Alcott; and a couple of …

TN Read-Along #7: A People’s History Discussion Thread
January 18, 2011 – 12:27 PM | 22 Comments
TN Read-Along #7: <I>A People’s History</I> Discussion Thread

William James, the Harvard philosopher, wrote a letter to the Boston Transcript about “the cold pot of grease of McKinley’s cant at the recent Boston banquet” and said the Philippine operation “reeked of the infernal …

Tomato Nation Read-Along #7: A People’s History of the United States
January 8, 2011 – 10:00 AM | 20 Comments
Tomato Nation Read-Along #7: <I>A People’s History of the United States</I>

Howard Zinn edges Shannen Doherty at the last moment — how many times to do you get to write that sentence — to make A People’s History of the United States our 7th read-along book. …

Tomato Nation Read-Along #7: Poll
January 2, 2011 – 2:35 PM | 3 Comments
Tomato Nation Read-Along #7: Poll

New year, new batch of books to choose from! David Foster Wallace finally got his moment last time, but there’s another Wallace-adjacent book in the poll this time around, we’ve got a couple of true-crime-ish …

Tomato Nation Read-Along #6: Poll
November 9, 2010 – 9:52 PM | 5 Comments
Tomato Nation Read-Along #6: Poll

I assume my preference here is clear. Heh.
Actually, I’d love to read any of these, but let’s see what you pick. The Wallace is back for another round, joined by the Zinn, and we’ve got …

The Vine: June 26, 2009
June 26, 2009 – 4:26 PM | 53 Comments

Dear Sarah,
I am currently living in London but will be moving back to the good ol’ U.S. of A this summer.My Irish boyfriend is set to follow and, being the thoughtful and intellectually curious person …

Update: 10/1, 3 PM
October 1, 2008 – 6:15 PM | 62 Comments

1. A few of you have asked how you can be sure you donated to the TN Challenge and not just willy-nilly.   Well, whatever you donated to, it’s still awesome, but if you entered …