Witness and Mysteries. . . What I’ve Been Reading
I’m supposed to be on a blogging break now, but that, of course, means that I have more time to read, which in turn means there are more titles to record here. . . .…
View PostI’m supposed to be on a blogging break now, but that, of course, means that I have more time to read, which in turn means there are more titles to record here. . . .…
View PostJust because I’m taking a modified break right now doesn’t have to mean that our conversation about friendship needs to stop. Before I hung my “Gone Fishin'” sign on the front door, I found some…
View PostAs I mentioned here not long ago, I’ve just entered my tenth year of blogging, and in all those years, I don’t think I’ve ever gone a week without posting. I’ve also mentioned here recently…
View PostWhen I last wrote here, I was partway through Teju Cole’s Open City, remarking on how much Cole’s writing reminds me of W.G. Sebald’s and discovering (with some embarrassment) that I was far from the…
View PostAfter years of not using the public library, relying instead on the academic libraries of my grad schools and then of the university I taught at, I finally renewed my membership at the library in…
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