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• The Book I Read On My Birthday

  

  As you may recall I sent out a request for titles, which I received in abundance, in which to indulge on my birthday. I have compiled them into a list, and I... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Roberto Bolano's 2666: The Part About Amalfitano

  

  Professor Amalfitano is crazy. He hangs a book of geometry on the clothesline (which perhaps is one of the smartest things to do with such a book). Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Totally Off The Subject of 2666, Doesn't Bolano Remind You of Sean Penn?

  

  Just a little? Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Roberto Bolano's 2666: The Part About The Critics

  

  "What a sad paradox, thought Amalfitano. Now even bookish pharmacists are afraid to take on the great, imperfect, torrential works, books that blaze paths into... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Great Expectations: Take Nothing On Its Looks

  

  "I embrace this opportunity of remarking that he washed his clients off, as if he were a surgeon or a dentist. He had a closet in his room, fitted up for that... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Luminaries

  

  "For although a man is judged by his actions, by what he has said and done, a man judges himself by what he is willing to do, by what he might have said, or... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sunday Salon: Suggestions, Please

  

  Forgive the shadowed darkness of this photograph which shows my favorite reading chair. The day is dark, although it's only 2:30 in the afternoon, and you... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Winter Covers

  

  As we prepare, in the Chicago area, for what appears to be yet another two days off of school (Monday and Tuesday, with expected windchills of 20 below), I... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• S. by J. J. Abrams and Doug Dorst: Pictorial Reference Guide to Inserts (with...

  

  In case you are one of the readers whose edition of this book has been dropped, or whose library has "helpfully" removed all the inserts, or you're just plain... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Arrival of S. By J. J. Abrams and Doug Dorst

  

  When I first heard about this book I was so intrigued I set about immediately to obtain a copy of my own. Our local Barnes and Noble didn't have it, but they... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Belonging

  

  Lily Oak Books wrote a lovely post in which this phrase, 'I...strongly identify with the immigrant's quest for "home" ' struck my heart because it's a theme I... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Invitation to Read Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger in February

  

  IRON LAKEAtria Books Hardcover, 1998 ISBN 0-671-01696-2 Atria Books Trade Paperback, 2009 ISBN 978-1439157282Buy it from IndieBound - Powells - Poisoned Pen -... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Japanese Literature in January

  

  You can't imagine how thrilled I was to see that the Classics Club has proposed a dare, and the first title we are dared to read is The Sound of the Mountain... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• It's Been a Good Week To Read Dickens

  

  I suppose any week is a good week for Dickens, but this week has been especially perfect. I've returned to school with an abysmal cold: sore throat, congested... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen

  

  "The snow flakes became bigger and bigger; finally they looked like big white hens. Then they fell to the side, the big sleigh stopped, and the person driving i... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Classics Club Read-a-thon Begins. For Me, Anyway.

  

  The Second Annual Classics Club Read-a-thon is here, and I can't imagine a more perfect time for it. First of all, because for once I'm actually free to begin! Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• I Suspect the Dissatisfaction I've Felt with My Header Is...

  I suspect the dissatisfaction I've felt with my header is in direct correlation to the dissatisfaction I feel in general. As if changing the header will make... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Pinball, 1973 by Haruki Murakami

  

  "We fell silent again. The thing we had shared was nothing more than a fragment of time that had died long ago. Even so, a faint glimmer of that wam memory stil... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Hear The Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami: Favorite Quotes and Authors Mentioned

  

  Quotes which Caught My Attention:"There's no such thing as perfect writing. Just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.""Nonetheless, writing can also b... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• New Year's Reading Goals in a Meme

  

  I don't want to eat more greens, get on the treadmill after teaching all day, or lose thirty pounds before the same time next year. Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE