Ah, a new term to add to the collection of random crap in my mind. I read a story about this book auction, which introduced me to the term anthropodermic bibliopegy - the practice of binding books in human skin. Here’s a picture of one such book:
Sure, I’d heard of the practice vaguely, probably more [...]
I lay alone in my room, a small boy of seven, entangled in confusion and fear and sorrow as I contemplated the revelation that everything I had known was untrue. Fractured shards of false reality rained down around me as the understanding began to coalesce that my entire life had been a lie.
The people holding [...]
I was supposed to be at the National Conference of Prison Book Projects today, but they gave me a new Parole Officer two days ago who refused to let me go - this after my original PO told me four days ago that I could go. Promoting literacy and education for prisoners is antithetical to [...]
