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I’ve been reading Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend on my Kindle for the last week or so and am almost done. At first I was surprised not to like it much. It reminded me of an extended Alice Munro story … Continue reading
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Yarn Along
I admire the minimalist life, though I’ve never managed to practice it myself. I’m an accumulator, always surrounded by lots of books, lots of clothes, lots of yarn. I’ve just started renting a room in a city an hour south … Continue reading
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Thoughts on Paul Kriwaczek’s In Search of Zarathustra: Across Iran and Central Asia to Find the World’s First Prophet
I read this book because the protagonist of one of the many novels I want to write was born into Zoroastrian family. I am well aware that the previous sentence way well be the most interesting sentence in this review, … Continue reading
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I’m currently binding off my Game of Thrones cowl, but there are ends to weave in and such, so I am taking this opportunity to brighten up your screen with this obnoxiously orange scarf (that’s not officially its name, but … Continue reading
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Thoughts on Reza Aslan’s Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
When I teach and tutor students in history, I often start each unit by advising students to “follow the money.” I didn’t coin that phrase, I know, but it’s a surprisingly simple and effective way to get one’s bearings in … Continue reading
Early Thoughts on Kia Corthron’s The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter
The meaning of the title of this long, engrossing novel starts to come clear around page 138 – well ahead of the 200-page mark at which I planned to start complaining – so of course I wanted to share it … Continue reading
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Once again I haven’t made a ton of progress on either my book or my cowl this week. But after several busy weeks in a row I’ll have almost two weeks of a very light workload, and I’m excited about … Continue reading
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A Review of Erskine Caldwell’s God’s Little Acre
I’ve owned this book for years, and now that I’ve finally read it I feel a little creeped out having lived so long in the presence of such a strange, alarming little book. It’s a good book – a very … Continue reading
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The title of Kia Corthron’s book doesn’t make any more sense than it did last week at this time, though to be fair, I haven’t gotten much reading done. I’ve read enough to know that the book is really intriguing … Continue reading
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Postcards From Purgatory 