Seize the Day by Saul Bellow I was looking for Dangling Man. I had read a reference to that novel,… Read more Seize the Day
Month: September 2026
No Map, Great Trip
No Map, Great Trip: A Young Writer’s Road to Page One by Paul Fleischman About a month ago, on a… Read more No Map, Great Trip
A Celestial Omnibus
A Celestial Omnibus: Short Fiction on Faith edited by J. P. Maney and Tom Hazuka I’ve owned this book for… Read more A Celestial Omnibus
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Jim and I were in Cedar City, Utah, a few weeks ago for… Read more The Great Gatsby
The Violet Hour
The Violet Hour by James Cahill Jim had an idea to start a book club: gay men/gay books. I was… Read more The Violet Hour
The Abracadabra Kid
The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer’s Life by Sid Fleischman I recently chanced upon a copy of a book called Mr.… Read more The Abracadabra Kid
Mr. Mysterious & Company
Mr. Mysterious & Company by Sid Fleischman My relationship to this children’s novel and how I came to re-read it… Read more Mr. Mysterious & Company
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary is another one of those novels I first read long ago. When I read it, in my twenties,… Read more Madame Bovary