Milo and the Calf

Author: seanv2

  • How KG Qualified for the Boston Marathon

    Name: KG Sex: Female Age (at the time of first BQ): 28 Height (at the time of first BQ):  5’4” Weight (at the time of first BQ): 110 At which marathon did you get your first BQ?  Providence Tell us a little about the race. It was my 3rd marathon. It was a good, well…

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    Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing

    Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward I read and loved Salvage the Bones, Ward’s first novel about a poor black and rural family preparing for hurricane Katrina. And I read, and cried, over her memoir Men We Reaped. But this, her latest about mothers and her children, about prison, about drugs, about race and violence and…

  • Fei’s The Invisibility Cloak

      The Invisibility Cloak Ge Fei Short novel set in contemporary China, ostensibly about love and high-end audio equipment. Really about a country grappling with mass hyper-urbanization, corruption, and huge wealth disparities. It plays out at first as a sort of surreal comedy, but quickly (the whole book is less than 200 pages) into a…

  • Lorde’s Zami: A New Spelling of My Name

    Zami: A New Spelling of the Name Audre Lorde The autobiography of one of the most important poets of the twentieth century. The story of a first-generation immigrant, a visually impaired girl, who dreamt of things far beyond what her mother could imagine. The story of a woman who read, and wrote, and worked the…

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    How John Kitchen Qualified for Boston

    Name: John Kitchen Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 48 Height (at the time of first BQ):  6’1″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 175 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? RnR DC Tell us a little about the race. Sprained ankle 2 weeks before race. Had one…

  • How Eric Wheeler Qualified for Boston

    Name: Eric Wheeler Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 39 Height (at the time of first BQ):  5’8″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 152 lbs At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Providence Tell us a little about the race. Spring Marathon in New England, cool, rolling terrain,…

  • Lorde’s Coal

    Coal Audre Lorde Audre Lord would go on to be one of the cornerstones of the contemporary poetry, a woman referenced by anyone who cares about the art form. An activist who taught a generation that “”Those of us who stand outside the circle of this society’s definition of acceptable women; those of us who…

  • Melissa’s Story of Qualifying for the Boston Marathon

    Name: Melissa Sex: Female Age (at the time of first BQ):  26 Height (at the time of first BQ):  5’2″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 103 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Glass City Tell us a little about the race. Prior to Glass City, I had only competed in…

  • Hanh’s the Miracle of Mindfulness

    The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation Thich Nhat Hanh A beautiful and practical book on starting and sustaining a meditation practice by Thich Nhat Hanh. If you’re reading this review you probably know Hanh is one of the most important Buddhist practitioners alive today. His writings, courses, and political activism…

  • How Luis Qualified for Boston After 10 Tries

    Thanks to Luis (and his coach) for sharing the story of a long, but ultimately successful road to a BQ! Congrats Luis. Name: Luis Fajardo (@LuisFajardoCR) Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 43 Height (at the time of first BQ):  5’7″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 148lb At which marathon…