I Used to Live Here Once, the haunted life of Jean Rhys by Miranda Seymour My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley The Marches: A borderline journey between England and Scotland by Rory Stewart Just Kids from the Bronx: An Oral History by Arlene Alda The New York Times Book Review: 125 years of literary history, reviews(…)
The Accomplished Guest (short stories) by Ann Beattie The State We’re In (short stories) by Ann Beattie The Island Dwellers (short stories) by Jen Silverman Confidence Man, The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America by Maggie Haberman The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Titlevsen Five Tuesdays in Winter (short stories) by Lily King(…)
Today I read that poet Naomi Replansky died on 7 January at age 104. Such a long long life. But, still, her passing shocks and leaves me with an ache. Following (in part) lines from her poem THE OASIS – I thought I held a fruit cupped in my hand Its sweetness burst And(…)
More than a year later: Still can’t smell or taste properly Rash on knuckle of middle finger Rash above wrist on both arms Shortness of breath Exhaustion after going to my accountant – two flights of steps, two short subway trips – spent the rest of the day and night in bed. New names for(…)
The Dogs of Tithwal (stories) by Saadat Hasan Manto The Short Stories of Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Can’t and Won’t (short short stories) by Lydia Davis Signs and Wonders (short stories) by Alix Ohlin We Want What We Want (short stories) by Alix Ohlin The Years by Annie Ernaux (translated(…)
Intake: Initial visit – 9/15/22 Going: Uptown E to Lexington ave, Changed to Uptown 6 to 68th Street Coming: Downtown Q to 14th Street, crosstown L to 8th Ave, Uptown C to 23rd Street Sundry walking total: 1.9 mile Visit #1 – 9/20/22 Going: Uptown C to 72nd (M72) Street, crosstown bus to 2nd Avenue(…)
The World in a Grain, The story of sand by Vince Beiser Half Gods (short stories) by Akil Kumarasamy The Boiling River Adventure and discovery in the Amazon by Andrés Ruzo Where the Water Goes, Life and death along the Colorado River by David Owen Disappointment River, Finding and losing the Northwest Passage by Brian(…)
Ashes in my mouth, Sand in my shoes (short stories) by Per Petterson Darkness Visible by William Styron A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul (second reading) The Aspern Papers by Henry James A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth; 4.6 Billion Years in Twelve Pithy Chapters by Henry Gee Good Trouble(…)
The Braided River, A Journey along the Brahmaputra by Samrat Choudhury One Day We’ll all be Dead and None of this Will Matter (essays) by Scaachi Koul The Man with Two Left Feet and Other Stories (short stories) by P.G. Wodehouse The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley Classic Women’s Short Stories by Kate Chopin,(…)