I finally got around to checking out Chekhov’s Mistress (the blog) and discovered that we had covered some of the same ground. In fact I felt like he was speaking my own thoughts here: I started this site (at a different address) a year ago, mostly writing about politics. That was rewarding in a way, [...]
Well kids, another literary list comes along to reveal just how out of touch and un-hip I am. Via Bookslut comes this list of 50 Essential Reads by Contemporary Authors. So how many of these “essential” works have I read? A grand total of 2 out of 50! Caveats: I might have read Slaughterhouse-Five in [...]
The Boston Globe has some additional NEA reaction, including a professor from Trinity in San Antonio once arrested in Haiti for having a Graham Greene novel in his pocket. This was back in the days when Papa Doc ran Haiti; he was followed by Baby Doc, a Neroesque figure who ultimately fled the country. It’s [...]
Well, it is apparently Kevin Wignall Week here at Collected Miscellany (see here and here). Having seen his name pop up around various sites and having heard good things about his writing I recently picked up a copy of his second first book entitled People Die. It turned out to be an fast paced and [...]