Category Archives: Book Report

In which I tell you what I’m reading and what I think about what I’m reading.

01/11/12: Great Read

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

I just finished the Lost Memory of Skin, by Russell Banks. I hadn’t read anything by him before, but the reviews intrigued me. He is an excellent writer and this is a totally unsentimental, well researched, yet totally fabricated story, … Continue reading →

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8/25/11: Crush

Posted on August 25, 2011 by

This is simply a tribute to gay poets, the guy-ones. I’ll have to do a tribute to lesbian poets too, now that I think about it, there is a large plate of deliciousness there. It’s just that the past few … Continue reading →

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8/22/11: Austerlitz

Posted on August 22, 2011 by

Shortly after leaving the ground in Seattle, the pilot announced that we would be returning to the airport. The problem: the co-pilot’s seat-belt was malfunctioning; we expected turbulence on the flight; and the decision was made to return to the airport to … Continue reading →

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8/21/11: home again, home again

Posted on August 21, 2011 by

I have returned from a week at Cape May NJ, where it rained more than usual for August, and where I did, along with family, the things we do each year to remind us (though scattered around the country, though … Continue reading →

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8/12/11: odds and ends

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

I’m training myself to remember snatches of imagery that I conjure up in my sleep. It’s an exciting venture! (I’ve also realized that I should not sleep with the radio on, but that’s  another story.) I think sleep is where … Continue reading →

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8/11/11: to the beach (reads)

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

I’m leaving tomorrow to spend a week at the Jersey Shore with my family. I haven’t seen my grandsons since last summer. So I’ll probably have to spend some time hanging out with everyone, having cocktails at dusk on the beach, … Continue reading →

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8/08/11: Nicole Krauss

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

Just read The Great House by Nicole Krauss, published October 2010. It came into my hands thanks to the Pierce County Library, which had a copy of it in their new books display. I’ve had a copy of her second … Continue reading →

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7/31/11: summer reading

Posted on July 31, 2011 by

I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we are reading doesn’t wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for? … we … Continue reading →

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7/15/11: my retreat life

Posted on July 15, 2011 by

I am leaving on Sunday to attend the Port Townsend Writers’ Conference. It’s not a retreat, far from it, at least what I think of as a retreat—living in silence for a week or more, writing, drawing, meditating or praying, excused … Continue reading →

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7/01/11: aka

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

I’m reading, for the second time, The Book of Disquiet, by Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935, born and died in Lisbon). The first time I read it, or tried to read it, I had a different edition, organized somewhat differently, and I … Continue reading →

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