18
Mar
A Question About Romance Novels
A friend pointed out I'd never read a romance novel. She was right. Here's what I found out about myself on my first try.
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Adrian Astur Alvarez
Adrian Astur Alvarez writes literary fiction and poetry concerned with memory, intimacy, and the quiet pressures that shape how people live together. His work often explores identity, displacement, and the moments where private lives come undone.
17
Mar
March 17, 2026
I am sitting in my office in Oviedo. It is sunny outside and the light through my windows is painting
1 min read
16
Mar
The First Four Books of Poems
W.S. Merwin · ★★★
I guess I just wanted to start at the beginning. What I found is an understandably uneven
2 min read
16
Mar
The Trees
Percival Everett · ★★★★★
Prompted by the film American Fiction, which I really enjoyed, I decided to pick up an Everett book
1 min read
16
Mar
Dead Souls
Nikolai Gogol · ★★★★★
I finally got a chance to find out why Gogol's work is called a masterpiece. There&
16
Mar
Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other
Danielle Dutton · ★★★★★
I am floored by this innovative and inspiring collection from Dutton. Her prose moves me as though by
16
Mar
10:04
Ben Lerner · ★★
While I can recognize and even appreciate this novel, intellectually, and while I see Lerner dazzling with formal
1 min read
16
Mar
The Mountain Lion
Jean Stafford · ★★★★★
Little did I know, when I decided to start reading this book, that I was about to discover
1 min read
16
Mar
Amsterdam Stories
Nescio · ★★★★★
My introduction to Nescio's work, which I found as brilliant as it was concise. I loved his
16
Mar
The Transmigration of Bodies
Yuri Herrera · ★★★
Second Yuri Herrera after Signs Preceding the End of the World. So far what I can gather about
1 min read