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NYTimes 100 Notable Books – 2006
See the whole list here. The only fiction work I knew anything about was Pynchon’s Against the Day, of which I just bought three (very heavy) copies.
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Chad has just informed me that Thomas Pynchon’s new book, Against the Day, has arrived at his library, but will not be on bookshelves until Tuesday. Poor guy; Chad’s read everything the guy’s written several times – and now he … Continue reading
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Kierkegaard said,
“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so … Continue reading
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As Columbus put it,
“Gold is most excellent; gold constitutes treasure; and he who has it does all he wants in the world, and can even lift souls up to Paradise.” Still only in the second chapter of Lies My Teacher Told Me. Clearly … Continue reading
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bookclub update
For the third month of the bookclub I have never actually attended, we will be reading a nonfiction book, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your Amercian History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen. Normally I wouldn’t be thrilled … Continue reading
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discomfiting
Will somebody please read Jonathan Franzen’s new memoir, The Discomfort Zone and tell me if I would like it? The NYTimes person blasted it. Sounds like it would be the novel form of the sitcom of the guy who writes … Continue reading
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excellent book on installation art
Rarely do I read an art book as thoroughly as I have just read Claire Bishop’s Installation Art: A Critical History. If I ever write a book (and I have been advised to consider what book I might want to … Continue reading
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strange mind frame
I blame my last frenetic post on the strange book I just finished: Halldor Laxness’ Under the Glacier. It was so strange I can’t even give it a grade. I think it might be an attempt to answer a question … Continue reading
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I Heart Libraries (and librarians)
I.L.L. = Interlibrary Loan. This is a pretty incredible library service I have recently discovered. Libraries within California can actually request books from other participating libraries anywhere (in California, so far as I know) outside of their county. At my … Continue reading
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Roland Barthes' quote
This is what I am writing about right now: (Like a bad concert hall, affective space contains dead spots where the sound fails to circulate. – The perfect interlocutor, the friend, is he not the one who constructs around you … Continue reading