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
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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
16
Mar
Invisible Yet Enduring Lilacs
Gerald Murnane · ★★★★★
My first Murnane and certainly not my last. Oh man do I love this rambling fount of inspiration.
2 min read
16
Mar
Aerth
Deborah Tomkins · ★★★★
Aerth is an interesting little read. It flies by in the suit of a genre tale, calling back
1 min read