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New Animal!
Latest news from BBC:
'New mammal' seen in Borneo woods
And a book rec: God of the Rodeo, by Daniel Bergner.
It's a documentary written in a smooth narrative non-fiction style about the prisoners of Angola -- Louisiana's high-security prison -- the warden, and Bergner himself. The book touches on life, death, morality, reform, hope, survival, and a whole lot of other things. The one criticism that my J-school class has for this book is that the story changes as the author finds out more on what he's writing about (Bergner's in the story as a character), leaving readers wondering: What is the book's real focus? But this flaw is also the book's strength, as Bergner himself discovers the danger of romanticizing both the prisoners and the prison warden, then wrapping things up in the end to show the messy-ness of life going on without clear-cut redemption.
And on a personal note: around the end of the semester, it's like pulling teeth to get me to do any reading for classes. The fact that I not only finished reading this book, but enjoyed the journey, is no small testament to God of the Rodeo's readability. So if you have some time, give this one a try :)
*back to paper writing*
'New mammal' seen in Borneo woods
In the dense central forests of Borneo, a conservation group has found what appears to be a new species of mammal.Eeee! this is a very welcomed change from reading about the extinction of species :)
WWF caught two images of the animal, which is bigger than a domestic cat, dark red, and has a long muscular tail.
And a book rec: God of the Rodeo, by Daniel Bergner.
It's a documentary written in a smooth narrative non-fiction style about the prisoners of Angola -- Louisiana's high-security prison -- the warden, and Bergner himself. The book touches on life, death, morality, reform, hope, survival, and a whole lot of other things. The one criticism that my J-school class has for this book is that the story changes as the author finds out more on what he's writing about (Bergner's in the story as a character), leaving readers wondering: What is the book's real focus? But this flaw is also the book's strength, as Bergner himself discovers the danger of romanticizing both the prisoners and the prison warden, then wrapping things up in the end to show the messy-ness of life going on without clear-cut redemption.
And on a personal note: around the end of the semester, it's like pulling teeth to get me to do any reading for classes. The fact that I not only finished reading this book, but enjoyed the journey, is no small testament to God of the Rodeo's readability. So if you have some time, give this one a try :)
*back to paper writing*