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WSJ article on front porches (from your truly)

Thrilled to have an adapted version of the Front Porch chapter from "A Walk Around the Block" run in the Wall Street Journal Review section this weekend. Front porches are now as important as ever. Half private/ half public, they give us a safe place to interact and meet face to face—even if those faces are masked. Complete article at
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-forg...
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Published on September 26, 2020 06:39 Tags: a-walk-around-the-block, front-porches, pandemic, spike-carlsen, wsj

KOREA—Here we come

Pleased to announce that the Korean version of "A Walk Around the Block" will be released in June. It will be re-titled "A Walk around the Block: Humanities in Everyday Life." The new cover is really quite imaginative—I'll post it when it's available.

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Visit A Walk Around the Block Stoplight Secrets, Mischievous Squirrels, Manhole Mysteries & Other Stuff You See Every Day (And Know Nothing About) by Spike Carlsen
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Published on April 21, 2021 10:13 Tags: a-walk-around-the-block, korean, spike-carlsen

Paperback here we come—A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK

Hello readers of all genres, ages & interests!
The paperback version of A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK will be available Sept. 18th at all online and bricks-and-mortar stores. FUN new cover, lower price, smaller size—but still the same great information. Check it out and spread the news. ALSO enter the Goodreads giveaway: Ten signed copies will be shipped out to those who enter! A Walk Around the Block Stoplight Secrets, Mischievous Squirrels, Manhole Mysteries Other Stuff You See Every Day (And Know Nothing About) by Spike Carlsen
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Published on August 31, 2021 08:30 Tags: a-splintered-history-of-wood, a-walk-around-the-block, harper-one, spike-carlsen

Paperback here we come—A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK

Hello readers of all genres, ages & interests!
The paperback version of A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK will be available Sept. 18th at all online and bricks-and-mortar stores. FUN new cover, lower price, smaller size—but still the same great information. Check it out and spread the news. ALSO enter the Goodreads giveaway: Ten signed copies will be shipped out to those who enter! A Walk Around the Block Stoplight Secrets, Mischievous Squirrels, Manhole Mysteries Other Stuff You See Every Day (And Know Nothing About) by Spike Carlsen
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Published on August 31, 2021 08:31 Tags: a-splintered-history-of-wood, a-walk-around-the-block, harper-one, spike-carlsen