Deep into Lev Grossman’s The Bright Sword. The story of Camelot as told and experienced by hapless, (mostly) second string knights. The story is funny and insightful, and at regular moments, Grossman really aces a character or description. Not literary fiction, not beach fiction – at a pleasant balancing point.
Reading The Whale A Love Story by Mark Beauregard. It’s about the relationship between Melville and Hawthorne. Who knew? It’s well written and I’m loving it! Heard the Book Cougars talking about it. I finished Good Night Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea. I loved it more than the Women. Such a great writer. I love that so many obscure women are being brought out of the shadows through historical fiction!
With that subject, and this author below writing praise, I am nigh unto helpless before it. :)
“A passionate love story and a gripping portrait of an artist wrestling with himself on the cusp of his greatest achievement.” — Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achilles
I started The Art of the Personal Essay. It has essays from Seneca to Annie Dillard. I'm just working through the introduction by Philip Lopate and expect to sample the analogized essays.
Deep into Lev Grossman’s The Bright Sword. The story of Camelot as told and experienced by hapless, (mostly) second string knights. The story is funny and insightful, and at regular moments, Grossman really aces a character or description. Not literary fiction, not beach fiction – at a pleasant balancing point.
"Second string knights"--love it! Maybe belongs in my neverending quest to find funny books?
Reading The Whale A Love Story by Mark Beauregard. It’s about the relationship between Melville and Hawthorne. Who knew? It’s well written and I’m loving it! Heard the Book Cougars talking about it. I finished Good Night Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea. I loved it more than the Women. Such a great writer. I love that so many obscure women are being brought out of the shadows through historical fiction!
The Whale sounds sounds like one for Brad. The biggest Hawthorne fan I know. :)
With that subject, and this author below writing praise, I am nigh unto helpless before it. :)
“A passionate love story and a gripping portrait of an artist wrestling with himself on the cusp of his greatest achievement.” — Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achilles
I started The Art of the Personal Essay. It has essays from Seneca to Annie Dillard. I'm just working through the introduction by Philip Lopate and expect to sample the analogized essays.
Philip Lopate. What a master. I had the pleasure of hearing him read once in New Haven.