| Evan S. Connell: Mr Bridge - Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:00:36 +0000 |
Blog time is faster than real time. How else to explain that it’s approaching two years since I read and raved over Evan S. Connell’s novel Mrs Bridge? It feels like I just finished it. Back then, in the innocent days of April 2010, I asked “Classics imprints, where are you?” The answer was: here [...] |
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| Lorrie Moore:‘People Like That Are the Only People Here: Canonical Babbling in Peed Onk’ - Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:00:08 +0000 |
My ongoing issues with availability of time to read and review are so well-rehearsed here that I’ve begun to bore even myself. I mention them once again only to explain why I’ve decided to take a page from Trevor Berrett’s blog and review a short story. I’ve done this once or twice before, but only [...] |
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| Twelve from the Shelves: My Books of 2011 - Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:00:31 +0000 |
As the toad work squats on my life, and infant Self number two squats on my lap, shoulder, and every other free space, this blog has been updated less frequently in 2011 than before. I can’t promise better for the immediate future, but let’s distract ourselves in the meantime with a best-of-the-year selection which I [...] |
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