January 29, 2023, Sunday afternoon -- Reading Derek Sivers

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On an island a 30-minute ferry ride from the main island of Taiwan He is reading Hell Yeah or No: What's Worth Doing , by De...

January 18, 2023 - Wednesday evening - - Reading Randi Zuckerberg

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It has been so long since I've posted a reader. At work I'm giving final exams and not teaching lessons and Lunar New Year's bre...

July 28, 2022 - Thursday afternoon -- Reading Thomas E. Wartenberg

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In Rockridge, a neighborhood in Oakland, enjoying a coffee on a sidewalk He is reading Existentialism: A Beginner's Guide , ...

July 6, 2022, Wednesday afternoon - Reading Aqiyl Aniys

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Walking towards Daly City BART Station He is reading Alkaline Plant Based Diet: Reversing Disease and Saving the Planet with an Alkaline Pla...

June 21, 2022, Tuesday afternoon -- Reading J. Leigh Brown

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At my aunt and uncle's house after a delicious lunch, my mom is reading Inside the String: A Sam the Seeker Novel , by J. Leigh Brown, w...

May 5, 2022, Thursday evening -- Reading Kristin Neff, Ph.D.

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On a calm, warmish evening in Oakland, California She is reading Fierce Self-Compassion , by Kristin Neff, Ph.D. She had read th...

November 17, 2021, Wednesday afternoon -- Reading Jiang Zongfan

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I spotted this reader on my way to the university and was thrilled that not only did I have enough time to talk to her and not be late for c...

October 29, 2021, Friday afternoon

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In Da'an Forest Park, a stone's throw from a pond, on a pleasantly cloudy day, reading a publication about the social responsibiliti...

October 16, 2021, Saturday afternoon - Reading Virginia Woolf and Kyoko Fukuchi

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They picked books that had ocean themes to take to the beach. Hers is set in Japan around a fish market and his is set in Scottland...differ...

October 10, 2021, Sunday evening

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In New Taipei City, Taiwan At the 7-11 en route to the canal I like to walk along, I spotted this reader.  A few days ago my Taiwanese frien...

March 7, 2021, Sunday afternoon

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In Taichung on the grounds of the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts. I photographed these readers months ago and, because I was busy with ...

October, 23, 2020, Friday afternoon -- Reading a book in Chinese

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New Taipei City, Taiwan I have been in Taiwan since the end of August. I see lots of people reading books everywhere. On my walk to school I...

August 5, 2020, Wednesday afternoon -- Reading Geoff Dyer

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 At the edge of the park He is reading Out of Sheer Rage: Wrestling with D. H. Lawrence , by Geoff Dyer. The book makes him happy. It's ...

August 2, 2020, Sunday evening -- Reading Apartamento

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In a park I had never been to before (Covid lockdown has opened up so many new things in my world -- my friends and I were looking for a par...

July 31, 2020, Friday afternoon -- Reading Paolo Bacigalupi

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On a warm afternoon He is reading by Paolo Bacigulupi. It was recommended by a friend. Something good he read recently was Seveneves , by Ne...

June 29, 2020, Monday afternoon -- Reading Michelle Obama

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On a beautiful afternoon She is reading Becoming , by Michelle Obama. She's really enjoying it. Recently she read Beach Read (the actua...

June 27, 2020, Saturday morning -- Reading Eduardo Galeano

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At a Mexican restaurant in the Mission District - chips and salsa al fresco, and a book! She is reading  Voices of Time: A Life in Stories, ...

May 9, 2020, Saturday morning -- Reading Carmen Maria Machado

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Standing in a socially distanced line for the grocery store He is reading Her Body and Other Parties , by Carmen Maria Machado.  ...

April 29, 2020, Wednesday morning -- Reading Torcuato Luca De Tena

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Sitting outside a cafe He is reading Los Renglones Torcidos de Dios , by Torcuato Luca De Tena. The title translates into God's Cro...

March 30, 2020, Monday morning -- Reading Ta-Nehisi Coates

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I won't be interviewing readers while we are socially distancing. I have taken a lot of pleasure in books during this time. Right now...