A Modern Day Literary Canon
Yesterday I posted about an article in the Guardian in which author Rick Gekoski expressed grief in the lack of a modern-day literary canon. He said: Not that young people don’t read, but they don’t...
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2010: My Year In Books
I read a lot more in 2010 than I did during the last few years. Here are my top five: 1. The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures 2. Saguaro; The Life & Adventures of Bobby...
View ArticleCoin
My friends over at the Copper Nickel (a literary journal published by the students and faculty at the University of Colorado Denver) have recently launched Coin. Coin is an off-shoot site where you...
View ArticleGuardian’s 100 Greatest Non Fiction Books
After what I’m sure was much deliberation, the folks over at the Guardian have cobbled together a list of what they consider the 100 Greatest Books in Non Fiction. It is organized by category and then...
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2011: My Year In Books
Unlike last year, this year I barely read a thing. In fact the only book I actually finished was a book of poems called “The People Look Like Flowers At Last: New Poems” by Charles Bukowski. I did...
View ArticleHansel & Gretel & Krug
I knew the Brothers Grimm were grim, but I didn’t know how grim. I recently read in Steve Krug’s book “Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability” that, In the original story, H...
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The Color, The Sound, And The Fury
Image courtesy of The Folio Society “The Sound And The Fury” is acknowledged as one of the masterpieces of 20th-century. It is also one of William Faulkner’s most difficult books. It is told from...
View Article2012: My Year In Books
I did a little more reading this year than last but still not a lot. Books finished in 2012 include: No Angel: My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels The Hunger Games...
View Article2013: My Year In Books
Much like 2011, I hardly read any traditional novels this year. The only real book I read was Ender’s Game. That’s pretty sad. I’m not sure 2014 has more reading in store for me but I’ll give it a try....
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Mad Men Reading List
The New York Public Library (NYPL) has created a Mad Men Reading List, a collection of 25 titles read by the main characters during the course of the series. These titles are a great way to gain...
View ArticleBookslut Is Dead. Long Live Bookslut
RIP Bookslut. It has published its final issue. I’m sad to see it go. I was never a heavy reader the site but I always had an affinity for it. See, my foray into the blogging world started fourteen...
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