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Could you narrow down your reading to a favorite genre and author? Why, or why not? I can from a historical perspective that may not fully reflect my current reading habits. At some point in 1975, I started keeping a handwritten reading log. With the computer age, the log was transferred into a computer […] “Write what you know” is an adage that can both help and handicap writers. It clearly seems a source of Mathias B. Freese’s collection of short stories, Down to a Sunless Sea, and may also serve as a handicap. Freese is a psychotherapist who will tell you that these stories take us “into the minds […] This week’s BTT offers a meme itself: What was the last book you bought? The Pets by Bragi Olafsson, part of my Open Letter subscription. As for store-bought books, it would be Marilynne Robinson’s Home. (One of the budgetary advantages of an excellent local library and publisher review copies.) Name a book you have […] Gen Xers probably don’t need, let alone want, advice from me. But if I may make one small suggestion. If and when you want to name a historian laureate, give serious consideration to Sarah Vowell. I know, Vowell says she is not a historian and she’s not. But that elevates form over substance. History often […] How has your reading changed over the years? Have you started reading more “meaty” books (books with more substance)? Or, have you gone to more “fluffy” reads? Perhaps you’ve done neither, and you’ve just always read the same type of thing! If that’s the case, why? Are you willing to step out of your […] |
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