It’s rare for homosexuality to appear in nineteenth and early twentieth century novels, so I notice when it does, or… Read more Homosexual Officers in Anna Karenina
Category: Book Diary
I read a lot. Mostly fiction. I love literature. I try to read the best. Classics more than popular bestsellers. I like the way one novel will lead me to the next, how, (in the way of all great art) novels will reference other novels, or at least make me think of others. Since July 2020 I’ve made it a practice to write a post about every book I read. If you’d like to see if I’ve read a particular book, click on the Reading List for an alphabetical list by author’s last name.
It Looked Like Forever
It Looked Like Forever by Mark Harris This is the fourth, the strangest, and the least successful of the four… Read more It Looked Like Forever
Ticket for a Seamstitch
Ticket for a Seamstitch by Mark Harris This is the third in a series of four novels by Mark Harris… Read more Ticket for a Seamstitch
Bang the Drum Slowly
Bang the Drum Slowly by Mark Harris I’ve been reading baseball novels, lately. I picked up Philip Roth’s The Great… Read more Bang the Drum Slowly
The Southpaw
The Southpaw by Mark Harris I really enjoyed the close of the baseball season this year. The Dodgers finished the… Read more The Southpaw
Black Gotham
Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-century New York City by Carla L. Peterson Jim and I… Read more Black Gotham
The Golden Bowl
The Golden Bowl by Henry James It’s taken me a very long time to read this very long book. I… Read more The Golden Bowl
Gustave Caillebotte: Painting Men
Gustave Caillebotte: Painting Men, Scott Allan, Gloria Groom, Paul Perrin, editors This is the exhibition catalog for the show Jim… Read more Gustave Caillebotte: Painting Men
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton Jim and I are in Mexico supporting his mother as she recovers from surgery in… Read more Ethan Frome
The Great American Novel
The Great American Novel by Philip Roth. I’ve read quite a lot off Roth over the years. Besides American Pastoral,… Read more The Great American Novel