Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yōko TawadaMy rating: 2 of 5 stars This is one of those stories that appeals to the intellect, an exercise in cleverness, of which I am rarely very fond. In the case of this … Continue reading →
Cecilia by Frances BurneyMy rating: 3 of 5 stars This is the most recent reading project I have undertaken, having heard that Jane Austen admired this novel; it is a late 18th century novel about the inevitable young woman of … Continue reading →
Have been watching the various Oxford detectives on Masterpiece because it is very difficult to find television that is not cringeworthy within minutes. Murder mysteries are at least reliable. The BBC versions of detectives have the virtue of wonderful accents, … Continue reading →
The Scholars by Wu JingziMy rating: 4 of 5 stars I read this book when I was in college and recently picked it up again to reread. No fear that the book would hold up; it’s one of the six … Continue reading →
Blue Mars by Kim Stanley RobinsonMy rating: 3 of 5 stars The book is better than my rating of it for at least a third of its length, so much better that I ought to rate it higher; but the … Continue reading →
Let the Dead Bury Their Dead by Randall KenanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars A phenomenal short story collection by a writer whom I have admired and read with respect and admiration since I first encountered him. Randall Kenan died … Continue reading →
New story published at the Barcelona Review, online. http://www.barcelonareview.com/97/e_jg.html
Continue reading →Stone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergMy rating: 4 of 5 stars This is one of the essential books in the world of gender fluidity, published long before the current discussions of transgender issues, carving out a space unique to itself, … Continue reading →
Picked this one because someone recommended it and really, at this point, desperate for stuff to watch. Roommate is very picky but did not veto. I spent the first hour counting the tropes and predicting the next line of dialog, … Continue reading →
Madaline: Love and Survival in Antebellum New Orleans by Dell UptonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is not at all well known but fascinated me when I ran across it, in the course of doing research for a … Continue reading →