PoIiMath Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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@MasonDepew There's a list here I think that most schools seem to be doing a good job walking the line. But some parents are picking weird fights, like trying to get Trevor Noah's "Born a Crime" out of libraries https://t.co/Hxy0nOcyoc

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Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera This book contains profanity; inflammatory racial and cultural commentary; controversial religious commentary; sexual activities; sexual nudity; alternate gender ideologies; alternate sexualities; and drug use. https://t.co/05WzaaLiMN

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Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult This book contains sexual activities; sexual nudity; profanity and derogatory terms; violence; controversial social and political and religious commentary; alternate sexualities; hate; abortion; and suicide https://t.co/XU0WSFsgWs

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Prince Caspian and Voyage of the Dawn Treader was also quite good There were some plot difficulties and thematic struggles, but honestly a lot of that stems from the fact that Lewis' books just weren't written to be movies & the filmmakers did their best

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My parents got me "The Dilbert Principle" when I was a teenager b/c I liked the humor of the Dilbert comics It was great, funny and insightful Scott Adams articulated some incredibly valuable concepts that have helped me navigate my life and career

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@RoknSpock No, this is Magnolia (1999) by Paul Thomas Anderson It's a powerful, tender, brutal film about death and love and duty

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@redneckgeisha For me, it was GK Chesterton's "Orthodoxy" I use his definitions of patriotism from the chapter "The Flag of the World" all the time

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I haven't been pushing my @Substack here, which is stupid b/c I love writing it This week I wrote about how games like Red Dead Redemption can bring us deep emotions with the smallest story prompts and what that might mean for AI storytelling https://t.co/zIqOLcYZ12

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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison This book contains profanity and derogatory terms; sexual activities including sexual assault and molestation; alcohol use; inflammatory racial and religious commentary and references. https://t.co/TURL4nzxFK

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All Boys Aren't Blue by George M Johnson "This book contains sexual nudity; sexual activities including sexual assault; alternate gender ideologies; profanity and derogatory terms; alcohol and drug use; and controversial racial commentary." https://t.co/vZtMXgWDWH