These are the books that I read in November. I intended to read a lot in November by not reading Facebook at bedtime. But it’s winter so mostly I went to sleep. Books that I read Mr. Fox — Helen Oyeyemi (2011) Confusing. I love Oyeyemi’s short stories. And I actually enjoyed reading this book. I just …
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The Books of October
There are not many books of October. It’s having been eaten alive (as was my brain) by the events surrounding Jim’s knee replacement. Books that I read: A House of My Own — Sandra Cisneros (2015) I read this in bits while waiting around in the hospital and in the first few days after we got …
The Books of September
Dogsbody, C.D. Wright on poetics, dressing well in the 20th century, Thurber does fairy tale, and an Irish debut that will floor you.
It’s Still a Big Damn Country
Recently I was looking for this picture of an artfully rusted steam engine that I took during a cross-country trip in 2009. Rather than dig through the many thousands of photographs on the back-up server, I searched through the series of blog entries titled It’s a Big Dam Country that I wrote while on that road …
The Books of July
July was a thin month for books. I had a week in Port Townsend for the Centrum writer’s conference and some personal issues to attend to. But I did get through a few things. Books I Read: The Hatred of Poetry — Ben Lerner (2016) The most often quoted bit in the reviews of this book …