1913: The Year Before the Storm, by Florian Illiies A Christmas present from a friend, the same friend who had… Read more 1913
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.
Time’s Echo
Time’s Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance, by Jeremy Eichler I read this over… Read more Time’s Echo
Beyond Welcome
Beyond Welcome: Building Communities of Love, edited by Linnea Nelson This book was handed to me by the chair of… Read more Beyond Welcome
The Great De-Churching
The Great De-Churching by Jim Davis and Michael Graham I read this book over the summer after reading about it… Read more The Great De-Churching
Hi Honey, I’m Homo!
Hi Honey, I’m Homo! Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture by Matt Baume I read this book over… Read more Hi Honey, I’m Homo!
Search
Search by Michelle Huneven This was my second reading. The first is here. I read Search a second time to… Read more Search
The Martyrs
The Martyrs: Sixteen Who Gave Their Lives for Racial Justice by Jack Mendelsohn in 1966, the minister of the Arlington… Read more The Martyrs
Two Crocodiles
Two Crocodiles by Fyodor Dostoevsky and Felisberto Hernandez These are two longish, but still short, short stories, that have nothing… Read more Two Crocodiles
Factotum
Factotum by Charles Bukowski Like Andrew Holleran, Charles Bukowski writes novels that are fictionalized memoirs. I read Post Office, his… Read more Factotum
Grief
Grief, by Andrew Holleran Holleran writes regularly for the Gay and Lesbian Review, where I enjoy reading him. This novel,… Read more Grief