Daily Archives: September 19, 2010

Tapping Our Inner Dog

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Three qualities are usually discussed when we talk about ourselves as different from other animals: tool making, symbolic behavior/language and the domestication of plants and animals. (I paraphrased Pat Shipman. See here.) Tool making we clearly share with other hominids … Continue reading →


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What do Writers Owe Readers?

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Chris Dolley has written here on Bookview Café about writers and reviews; basically, don’t respond. Even when (as a writer opined privately this week in a private space), someone insists on splattering a review all over the place, dinging the … Continue reading →


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