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Pompeii and Pacific
You were Pompeii, and she was Pacific,and when I was finally starting to know peace you eruptedYou shook the Earth to its core, and you rattled me to pieces andblocked out the sun with the evil and hate that you spewed. But the ocean saw me broken, and shebraved the fire. She burnt her hands…
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Burning It All Down: Starting From Scratch
Last week, I sat down to work on my latest novel, a project I’ve been excited about since its inception. Because of several circumstances in my life, I had taken a big step back from writing in the months leading up to starting this manuscript, so I used the month of November–National Novel Writing Month…
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Celebrating Banned Books: The Hate U Give
Several years ago, I wrote a series of blog posts in celebration and observance of Banned Books Week. To date–along with Replacing Required Reading–this series has been by far the most popular thing on The Plucky Reader. But I’ve noticed an interesting trend. As more books are being challenged and banned in conservative states, my…
Paul Randall Adams 