World Book Day 2011

Thanks to my very good friend Lisa Thomas-Tench (who like me is a bookworm and a total academic geek), I learned about World Book Day. Not surprisingly, I’ve been so busy writing my own book (I have two coming out this year, one on North American environmental politics and one on neoinstitutional theory as a framework to study multilevel water governance in Mexico) that I totally missed it. While I continue to see the debate between whether we should continue to print books normally, having written a book continues to be, definitely, a (sometimes debatable) measure of knowledge and expertise. Lots of folks right now write books or e-books to demonstrate that they are experts in their field.

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I write my books to put my research out for the public to read and learn. It’s been A LONG WHILE since I last read a book, just for entertainment. I normally read because of my scholarly activities. But as a child, I used to read 30-60 books a month, and given my photographic memory, I can capture a lot of details. So, I’m thrilled to celebrate World Book Day 2011. How are YOU celebrating?

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