http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:33:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/tag-by-stephen-may/#comment-92 kat magendie Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:33:16 +0000 http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/?p=261#comment-92 Hi Friend - I am home and so glad to be home! Stopping by to see what you have up .... *smiling* Hi Friend – I am home and so glad to be home! Stopping by to see what you have up …. *smiling*

]]> http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/the-lazarus-project-by-aleksandar-hemon-riverhead-books-2008/#comment-91 squat pee panties Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:22:03 +0000 http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/?p=22#comment-91 ehh.. good one :) ehh.. good one

]]> http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/tender-graces-by-kathryn-magendie/#comment-85 Adnan Mahmutovic Fri, 22 May 2009 06:53:50 +0000 http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/?p=241#comment-85 You're right. I too had those moments when I just felt like reading it aloud. You’re right. I too had those moments when I just felt like reading it aloud.

]]> http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/tender-graces-by-kathryn-magendie/#comment-84 Sandra Leigh Thu, 21 May 2009 18:37:25 +0000 http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/?p=241#comment-84 Your review captures the spirit of <i>Tender Graces</i> beautifully. It recalls my need to read TG aloud at times, to catch the taste of it in my mouth. TG truly is a splendid book. Your review captures the spirit of Tender Graces beautifully. It recalls my need to read TG aloud at times, to catch the taste of it in my mouth. TG truly is a splendid book.

]]> http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/tender-graces-by-kathryn-magendie/#comment-83 kat magendie Thu, 21 May 2009 12:17:03 +0000 http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/?p=241#comment-83 Thank you for such an insightful, lovely review, Adnan. You have made my book richer - it even feels heavier when I hold it - that good heavy....thick...yes. Thank you for such an insightful, lovely review, Adnan. You have made my book richer – it even feels heavier when I hold it – that good heavy….thick…yes.

]]> http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/taqwacores-by-michael-muhammad-knight/#comment-82 Dawud Sat, 09 May 2009 00:10:00 +0000 http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/?p=229#comment-82 Speaking as an American punk/hardcore vegan straight edge kid who coverted to Islam a year before 9/11... I honestly can't say this book is at all a good representation of what I would even conceive of Muslim punks and hardcore kids would be like... nor is it at all representative of the ones that I've met. There's not all that much "taqwa" in the core of the so-called "taqwacores" here. The characters that do have actual taqwa here are generally represented as assholes and proto-fascists, while the characters that engage in absolutely obsene and unpious behavior at points in the book are lionized. Such as the burqa-wearing feminist guitar player who leads her largely ignorant jamaat in prayer. I've no problem with a woman with superior knowledge in religion leading prayer, but I can't truly ascribe that to this particular character. Especially after reading what she does at the end of the book... honestly, I and all my Muslim hardcore/punk and metalhead peers found this book to be absolutely reprehensible and a mockery of what we actually are. Speaking as an American punk/hardcore vegan straight edge kid who coverted to Islam a year before 9/11… I honestly can’t say this book is at all a good representation of what I would even conceive of Muslim punks and hardcore kids would be like… nor is it at all representative of the ones that I’ve met. There’s not all that much “taqwa” in the core of the so-called “taqwacores” here. The characters that do have actual taqwa here are generally represented as assholes and proto-fascists, while the characters that engage in absolutely obsene and unpious behavior at points in the book are lionized. Such as the burqa-wearing feminist guitar player who leads her largely ignorant jamaat in prayer. I’ve no problem with a woman with superior knowledge in religion leading prayer, but I can’t truly ascribe that to this particular character. Especially after reading what she does at the end of the book… honestly, I and all my Muslim hardcore/punk and metalhead peers found this book to be absolutely reprehensible and a mockery of what we actually are.

]]> http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/sarajevo-rose-war-rhymes-by-melika-salihbeg-bosnawi/#comment-74 kat magendie Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:31:49 +0000 http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/?p=223#comment-74 always amazing here... always amazing here…

]]> http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/woman-inside-out-by-kathryn-magendie/#comment-70 kat magendie Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:36:15 +0000 http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-70 Dang! I stopped back by here and see my friends came by *smiling* -- Hi 'y'all - isn't Adnan a dreamboat of a guy? :) Dang! I stopped back by here and see my friends came by *smiling* — Hi ‘y’all – isn’t Adnan a dreamboat of a guy?

]]> http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/woman-inside-out-by-kathryn-magendie/#comment-68 debbie Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:45:43 +0000 http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-68 I love Kat's writing. Thanks for featuring her. I love Kat’s writing. Thanks for featuring her.

]]> http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/woman-inside-out-by-kathryn-magendie/#comment-67 Lisa Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:44:49 +0000 http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-67 thank you for sharing this- She is a wonderful writer and i love the way you expressed that. Lisa x thank you for sharing this- She is a wonderful writer and i love the way you expressed that.
Lisa x

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