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”
Category: Bookish Stuff
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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.”
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”
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”
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”
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