Just as the Christmas season now seems to begins right after Halloween (if not before), it also appears it is the kick-off time for “best of the year” lists. Both Amazon and Publisher’s Weekly have chimed in with their lists of the best books of the year. Interestingly, both list Roberto Bolaño’s 2666, even though […]
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Recently, I’ve found myself listening almost incessantly to certain albums from the late ’60s and early ’70s. The “rediscovery” of this music leads to what I hope will become a weekly installment on the blog. The focus largely will be on older albums for which the dates of the current week were important in […] Do you own multiple copies of any books? Which ones? Why? I have several and for a variety of reasons. In alphabetical order, they include: Ball Four — Jim Bouton’s diary-style look inside major league baseball was one of my favorite sports books in my teens, as evidenced by how beat up my papereback […] |
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