Feed, an act of communication between its author (Tommy Pico) and the reader, contains, like all of our favourite books here at the OJPL Book of the Month Selection Committee, brilliant puns (and more!). Called “funny,” “irreverent,” and “profound” by Tommy Orange (featured previously in an OJPL Newsletter Whatcha Reading? segment), Feed is really really […]
Continue readingPalestinian Cinema
“I laughed. I cried. I cried again. I was inspired. I really really really want military occupations to end. I am in awe of this work of art.” -Sadie Rosen, OJPL Film Critic (2 Iune, somewhere ma ke ahupuaʻa o Honolulu) There are movies playing at the theater near the place that OJPL Games […]
Continue readingOJPL Book of the Month : Feed by M.T. Anderson
Feed, a young adultish novel written by M.T. Anderson, is the first ever OJPL Book of the Month. This means that the OJPL officially recommends that people read this book because the OJPL thinks that this book is rather very good and also that this book and the reading thereof represent and further the mission […]
Continue readingReview of The Decision To Use The Atomic Bomb
The Decision To Use The Atomic Bomb and the Architecture of an American Myth by Gar Alperovitz is a well-documented, in-depth, sobering look at both the decision of the United States of America to drop atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as the subsequent lies and distortions used to justify […]
Continue readingReview of Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: an Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown tells the story of the “American West” during the years 1860 through 1890. It is a story of greed, conquest, imperialism, and genocide. It is a story of resistance. Originally published in 1970, and told largely through the voices […]
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Welcome to Orange Juice Public Library: The Blog. This is our first post. Maybe there will be more posts in the future time. Maybe.
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