Maurice by E. M. Forster I first read Maurice sometime in my teens, back in the 1970s. The writing dates… Read more Maurice
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.
Picasso
Picasso by Gertrude Stein Usually, I only include books in this diary that I have read completely. I feel I… Read more Picasso
Prepare for Saints
Prepare for Saints: Gertrude Stein, Virgil Thomson, and the Mainstreaming of American Modernism by Steven Watson Jim and I hosted… Read more Prepare for Saints
Where I’m Calling From
Where I’m Calling From: Stories by Raymond Carver Raymond Carver published several collections of short stories in the 1980s. This… Read more Where I’m Calling From
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne On my recent trip to Guadalajara for the Thanksgiving holiday, I read for the… Read more The Scarlet Letter
Pedro Paramo
Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo This is a second reading of this marvelous short novel. I first read the novel… Read more Pedro Paramo
The Kid from Tomkinsville
The Kid from Tomkinsville by John R. Tunis In Philip Roth’s American Pastoral, he mentions The Kid from Tomkinsville as… Read more The Kid from Tomkinsville
American Pastoral
American Pastoral by Philip Roth Philip Roth is one of my favorite authors. I’ve read quite a few of his… Read more American Pastoral
The Natural
The Natural by Bernard Malamud After I finished The Caravaggio Shawl, the Samuel Steward mystery that I had borrowed from… Read more The Natural
The Caravaggio Shawl
The Caravaggio Shawl by Samuel M. Steward, subtitled “A Gertrude Stein–Alice B. Toklas mystery”. This novel, from 1989, follows Murder… Read more The Caravaggio Shawl