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    Book Expo America 2016

    Last week, I got to go to Book Expo America in Chicago. I kept a running diary of my time there. Enjoy. Wednesday, May 11, 9:13 a.m.… Read more “Book Expo America 2016”

    May 16, 2016March 29, 2018 by David Nilsen

    An Evening with Poet Amber Tamblyn

    This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore.  My wife and I recently traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for a weekend of buying books, drinking good beer,… Read more “An Evening with Poet Amber Tamblyn”

    March 1, 2016December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    2016 Books

    Here are the books being released in 2016 (that I know about) I am most excited and interested about. Which titles are you most looking forward to?… Read more “2016 Books”

    January 14, 2016December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    2015 Books Still to Read

    I read a lot of books in 2015, but there were still plenty of titles last year I missed. Here are the ones I hope to catch… Read more “2015 Books Still to Read”

    January 13, 2016December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    Books I Read in 2015

    Here’s every book I read in 2015. An * designates a book I had read previously but reread in 2015. Nonfiction Reeling Through Life: How I Learned… Read more “Books I Read in 2015”

    January 12, 2016January 6, 2017 by David Nilsen

    Childhood and Mortality in Two Very Different Books

    This essay first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the way childhood memories tease and flirt with our sense of mortality.… Read more “Childhood and Mortality in Two Very Different Books”

    October 21, 2015December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    Poetry Matters.

    This essay first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. The first writing I ever did was poetry. My sister moved away to college as I was beginning sixth… Read more “Poetry Matters.”

    June 17, 2015December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    Bookshop

    I wrote the following for the now defunct web journal The Samizdat about two years ago. Enjoy! A few weeks ago I went to a small used bookshop… Read more “Bookshop”

    April 29, 2015December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    Yearly, Down this Hill: A Love Note to Edna St. Vincent Millay

      This essay was first published on Fourth & Sycamore.  To what purpose, April, do you return again? Beauty is not enough. You can no longer quiet… Read more “Yearly, Down this Hill: A Love Note to Edna St. Vincent Millay”

    March 27, 2015December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    On Building Shelves and a Life of Reading

    This essay was first published on Fourth & Sycamore.   Friday afternoon is winding down as I write this. Ohio is slated for snow tomorrow; not enough to… Read more “On Building Shelves and a Life of Reading”

    February 23, 2015December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

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