Post Office by Charles Bukowski After I graduated from Cal Arts in 1985, I worked for a few years at… Read more Post Office
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.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems, T. S. Eliot This is another book I found in a bookcase at Jim’s parent’s house and brought… Read more Selected Poems
Treasure Island
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson When Jim and I were in Mexico last December, visiting his mother after his… Read more Treasure Island
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Boy, this was not what I expected. I had thought that the story of Heathcliff… Read more Wuthering Heights
The Wings of the Dove
The Wings of the Dove by Henry James I’ve been on something of a Henry James kick for the last… Read more The Wings of the Dove
Dancer from the Dance
Dancer from the Dance by Andrew Holleran This is a classic gay novel from 1978 that I had never read.… Read more Dancer from the Dance
Of Boys and Men
Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do about it, by… Read more Of Boys and Men
Lost Illusions
Lost Illusions by Honore de Balzac Balzac wrote 92 novels. This is the first I’ve read. In The Music Man,… Read more Lost Illusions
Chasing Lost Time
Chasing Lost Time: The Life of C. K. Scott Moncrieff; Soldier, Spy, and Translator, by Jean Findlay I found this… Read more Chasing Lost Time
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf A few weeks ago, I worked out how I could commute to work by subway… Read more Mrs. Dalloway