Posted 3 Jul 2020 (edited) Added this to my list: Edited 3 Jul 2020 by Brad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 3 Jul 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, T.D. said: Just finished this. Did you ever read this? Great little book. Edited 3 Jul 2020 by Brad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 11 Jul 2020 Just started my Dad's latest book "Father Taylor: Boston's Sailor Preacher, as seen and heard by his Contemporaries." Fascinating book that my father worked on researching and compiling for years, and finally has printed via amazon publishing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 18 Jul 2020 Al Hibbler makes an appearance on pg 126! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 20 Jul 2020 An article by Joan Didion about Hemingway (from the New Yorker archives, October 26, 1998). Last Words: Those Hemingway wrote, and those he didn’t. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 20 Jul 2020 On 6/23/2020 at 11:56 AM, ejp626 said: In queue at the library. Let us know what you think. Thanks. Finally buckling down and finishing Camus's The Plague. Probably will wrap up tonight. Finished A Burning. Excellent IMHO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 20 Jul 2020 2 hours ago, jlhoots said: Finished A Burning. Excellent IMHO. Good to know. Should be able to borrow it soon. Reading Kundera's Life is Elsewhere. Also have an e-book version of Kevin Brockmeier's The Brief History of the Dead, which incidentally features a man-made virus that wipes out humanity. Good times... Not sure what will be after this. Maybe Joyce Cary's first trilogy or Don Quixote. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 20 Jul 2020 1 hour ago, ejp626 said: Good to know. Should be able to borrow it soon. Reading Kundera's Life is Elsewhere. Also have an e-book version of Kevin Brockmeier's The Brief History of the Dead, which incidentally features a man-made virus that wipes out humanity. Good times... Not sure what will be after this. Maybe Joyce Cary's first trilogy or Don Quixote. I’m taking an open course on Don Quijote through Yale. I’m waiting for the other required books to be delivered. If you’re interested, here’s the link, https://oyc.yale.edu/spanish-and-portuguese They have lots of other courses in a variety of disciplines. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 20 Jul 2020 6 minutes ago, Brad said: I’m taking an open course on Don Quijote through Yale. I’m waiting for the other required books to be delivered. If you’re interested, here’s the link, https://oyc.yale.edu/spanish-and-portuguese They have lots of other courses in a variety of disciplines. Thanks. I'll check it out. Way, way back when I took a course that centered on Rabelais and artists of his time. That was neat, though I don't remember all that much from it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 20 Jul 2020 Needed a police procedural so reading a Bosch book - The Last Coyote. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 21 Jul 2020 How a young Ernest Hemingway dealt with his first taste of fame Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 25 Jul 2020 (edited) Baldwin’s No Name In The Street from this collection: And rereading this entry in the 33 1/3 series: Edited 25 Jul 2020 by ghost of miles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 26 Jul 2020 Jayber Crow: A Novel. Starting on Wendell Berry's Port William novels. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 26 Jul 2020 (edited) On 7/25/2020 at 0:39 PM, ghost of miles said: Baldwin’s No Name In The Street from this collection: Eddie Glaude has a book out about Baldwin that may interest you. Edited 26 Jul 2020 by Brad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 26 Jul 2020 Mary Golia - Ornette Coleman, The Territory And The Adventure Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 26 Jul 2020 3 hours ago, Brad said: Eddie Glaude has a book out about Baldwin that may interest you. I actually ordered it last night! Darryl Pinckney had recommended it during the online talk he gave recently about No Name In The Street for the Library of America. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 30 Jul 2020 Brit Bennett: The Vanishing Half Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 2 Aug 2020 Interesting article in the Washington Post: Readers have many opinions on how to cull your book collection — and also why you never should Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 2 Aug 2020 Here’s the original article, which I should have posted first, In turbulent times, culling my book collection gave me the illusion of control. Then the dilemmas began multiplying Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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