Willa Cather: O Pioneers!
I reread Willa Cather’s 1913 novel, O Pioneers!, and I liked it even more this time around, though it’s still elusive!
In Memoriam: Alice Munro
Alice Munro has passed away at the age of 92. What a special body of work she has given us.
Anthony Horowitz: The Word Is Murder
After reading a couple of his other mystery novels, I’ve returned to Anthony Horowitz with his 2017 novel The Word Is Murder.
Dante Alighieri: The Inferno
After years of intending to do it, I finally reread Dante’s Inferno, this time in the translation by Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander.
Simon Rich: “We’re Not So Different, You and I”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Simon Rich’s “We’re Not So Different, You and I.”
Amit Chaudhuri: A Strange and Sublime Address
Knowing nothing of what to expect, I was delighted by Amit Chaudhuri’s debut novel from 1991, A Strange and Sublime Address.
Eileen Chang: Love in a Fallen City
One of my favorite reading projects is Kim McNeil’s NYRB Women project. The latest book we read was Eileen Chang’s collection of short stories Love in a Fallen City.
MacDonald Harris: Mortal Leap
MacDonald Harris’s 1964 novel Mortal Leap is back in print for the first time since . . . well, 1964, thanks to the great series Recovered Books from Boiler House Press. It’s certainly worth your time!