Monday, March 25, 2019

The Baltimore Book of the Dead by Marion Winik

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The Baltimore Book of the Dead by Marion Winik My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Baltimore Book of the Dead is a compassionate, funny tribute t...
Monday, March 4, 2019

Those Who Knew by Idra Novey

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Those Who Knew by Idra Novey My rating: 3 of 5 stars Those Who Knew held my attention from the beginning with its first sentence: ...
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

The Mountain Lion by Jean Stafford

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The Mountain Lion by Jean Stafford My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Mountain Lion by Jean Stafford is stunning in terms of prose and story in...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018

American Audacity

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American Audacity: In Defense of Literary Daring by William Giraldi My rating: 5 of 5 stars Smart, opinionated, I must add this book to ...
Thursday, July 19, 2018

Hot Milk by Deborah Levy

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Hot Milk by Deborah Levy My rating: 4 of 5 stars Hot Milk is a wild ride. Sometimes the richness of her writing is almost too much, lik...
Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Review of The Friend by Sigrid Nunez

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The Friend by Sigrid Nunez My rating: 5 of 5 stars My kind of book, Sigrid Nunez writes fondly of dogs, more critically of writing and w...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018

A Hundred Packets of Seed while a Real Writer Muses (annuals, flowers, wriiting, James Fenton, 750words.com)

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With thanks to Vonetta Young https://brevity.wordpress.com/2018/03/21/you-are-not-a-real-writer/ A real writer sits at a clean, tidy desk ...