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Happy Holidays!

Hope you’re enjoying the holidays (and the extra time to read) with the people that you love!

–Whitney

Lifestyle Gumbo: Make Use of Your Books

Over at Apartment Therapy, they’ve featured a cool post on how to reuse your vintage books. You know. The ones collecting dust but you are loathe to get rid of? Well, bust out the creative thinking and a few old pieces of furniture and voila!

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SheReads: Bessie, The Fabulous Do-Gooder

SheReads looks at the reading lists of cool chicks. If you want to be featured, send an email to uptown.literati@gmail.com.

We are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness by Alice Walker. “This book is a beautiful collection of essays and speeches by Walker that reflects wisdom, compassion, and [...]

Voices: The Egalitarian Chick on ‘Push’ by Sapphire

We came across this review of Push by Sapphire, which is now a Golden Globe-nominated film. Check it out:

I love it when a book–any book–is hot property. This is certainly the case these days for Push, which I bought from a book vendor on 125th street. because the title was so popular the weekend Precious [...]

Uptown Literati Gift Guide, Part II: For the Kiddies

It’s back! Part two of the Uptown Literati Gift Guide is dedicated to the wee ones in your life: your kids, nieces and nephews, cousins, and every other little person with an appreciation for books.

Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas [Ages: 3-6, Jane O’Conner ($10.00, Amazon): All the rage right now, the Fancy Nancy series has a [...]

Uptown Literati Gift Guide, Part I: For the Ladies

It’s here! Part one of the official Uptown Literati Gift Guide is dedicated to all the fly gals in your life: mom, sister, aunt or maybe your best friend. A good book is always the perfect holiday gift, especially if you choose one of these:

Changing My Mind, Zadie Smith ($17.79, Amazon): Smith’s latest is a [...]

Oh Snap!: ‘Glee’-ful About Vonnegut

Quinn Fabray of ‘Glee’ may be working it out with all kinds of accessories, but the one thing a girl can never have too much of is a good read.

–Nicole

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