Category Archives: Reading
The Drunken Boat
For the last few summers, I’ve spent great chunks of my time shelf-reading at the library. Standing in an aisle, reading call numbers, making sure that 140,000 volumes are all in the order Library of Congress and we have laid
The Drunken Boat
For the last few summers, I’ve spent great chunks of my time shelf-reading at the library. Standing in an aisle, reading call numbers, making sure that 140,000 volumes are all in the order Library of Congress and we have laid
Aimee Bender
I want to talk about Aimee Bender’s newest book, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, but I’m having a hard time getting started. I liked it. It’s Aimee Bender, and so even if it’s not great, it’s very good. I
Aimee Bender
I want to talk about Aimee Bender’s newest book, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, but I’m having a hard time getting started. I liked it. It’s Aimee Bender, and so even if it’s not great, it’s very good. I
Yeah, fine. So I haven’t done this in a while. Get over it.
I just finished a pretty incredible novel than I’ve been meaning to read for at least a year but just got around to this week. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell is that rare sort of novel that makes your marvel
Yeah, fine. So I haven’t done this in a while. Get over it.
I just finished a pretty incredible novel than I’ve been meaning to read for at least a year but just got around to this week. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell is that rare sort of novel that makes your marvel
What I’ve Been Reading Lately
Oh it’s been a while since I’ve been here. Sorry internet. For the last week, I’ve been reading Eula Biss’s Notes From No Man’s Land: American Essays. The essays are critical looks at race in America, and they come at
What I’ve Been Reading Lately
Oh it’s been a while since I’ve been here. Sorry internet. For the last week, I’ve been reading Eula Biss’s Notes From No Man’s Land: American Essays. The essays are critical looks at race in America, and they come at
Pardon Our Monsters
Three years ago, I came across a book by a young Canadian Writer named Andrew Hood called Pardon Our Monsters. It’s a collection of short fiction made up of 12 stories ranging from just two pages to nearly thirty. I
Pardon Our Monsters
Three years ago, I came across a book by a young Canadian Writer named Andrew Hood called Pardon Our Monsters. It’s a collection of short fiction made up of 12 stories ranging from just two pages to nearly thirty. I
J.D. Salinger
The facts at hand presumably speak for themselves, but a trifle more vulgarly, I suspect, than facts even usually do. January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010
J.D. Salinger
The facts at hand presumably speak for themselves, but a trifle more vulgarly, I suspect, than facts even usually do. January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010
The Next Queen of Heaven
I’ve been combating having a great many things that I want to write about by not writing about anything. I usually like to let all of my little problems and to-dos accumulate until the mountain of them becomes virtually insurmountable.
The Next Queen of Heaven
I’ve been combating having a great many things that I want to write about by not writing about anything. I usually like to let all of my little problems and to-dos accumulate until the mountain of them becomes virtually insurmountable.
My Father’s Tears
Lightman’s Song of Two Souls or whatever the hell it’s called isn’t impressing me so far. Though when I read a little bit of it out loud the other night to my roommate in an attempt to show how silly
My Father’s Tears
Lightman’s Song of Two Souls or whatever the hell it’s called isn’t impressing me so far. Though when I read a little bit of it out loud the other night to my roommate in an attempt to show how silly
The Garden of Eden
Right now, I’m reading The Garden of Eden by my good friend Ernest Hemingway. It’s published posthumously, and edited by Hemingway’s son, so you can’t quite trust the content 100%, but it does rule pretty hard most of the time.
The Garden of Eden
Right now, I’m reading The Garden of Eden by my good friend Ernest Hemingway. It’s published posthumously, and edited by Hemingway’s son, so you can’t quite trust the content 100%, but it does rule pretty hard most of the time.
The Book Shelf
Three years ago, my Division II committee member, Rachel Rubenstein, came into the library to check out a great many books for some research she was doing at the time. I was checking them out one by one and making
The Book Shelf
Three years ago, my Division II committee member, Rachel Rubenstein, came into the library to check out a great many books for some research she was doing at the time. I was checking them out one by one and making
