Camiren's Humanities Story
2021 Books I did not do a whole lot of reading this year. Most of the things I read were required readings from classes. I do plan to read more books following the pandemic when it is safer to go out and check some out for the library or buy from a book store. Christenson, Allen J. Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Maya . University of Oklahoma, 2007. A translation and interpretation of the original story of the Maya. Explains how people were created from maize as well as what the world was like before people. It is both informative and exciting. Coontz, Stephanie. The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap . Basic Books, 1992. Author Stephanie Coontz talks about the bad history of family structure that families of today's era consider the "good ol' days." I have not finished the book, but the author does talk about how people glorify the families of the past when in reality those families were no better than those of today. Holmes, Seth. F