Reading Log: Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Crossing’
Heavy book. I read the last 90 or so pages in a single sitting and after putting it down I felt like I was walking around in a fog, disassociated…
Reading Log: Tin House 57 (WILD)
Tin House #15: Tin House: Wild, Volume 15, Number 1 by Win Mccormack (edt) I’m sold. A subscription to Tin house is definitely in my immediate future (as soon as…
Reading Log: ‘California Ghost Town Trails’ and the Pleasure of Secret Knowledge
This was a charming little book. It’s badly outdated -don’t use it as a literal guide- but it’s a wonderful history told in a voice that’s interesting not because of…
Reading Log: Asterios Polyp and the Literary Merits of Graphic Novels
I’m a big fan of graphic novels; one the the projects I’m working on right now is a collaborative effort that extends into visual narrative. I enjoy comic books (check…
Reading Log: Gabriel García Márquez’s Of Love and Other Demons
Márquez himself needs no introduction, but his short novel Of Love and Other Demons had completely escaped my radar. My experience with Spanish-language magic realism had been limited to short…
Reading Log: Marc Maron’s Attempting Normal
After slogging through Amy Poehler's memoir/funnybook, I must confess I had some concerns going into this particular audiobook. I love Maron’s standup and his interviews, but I’ve always found him…
Reading Log: The Year of Magical Thinking
This is some of the most powerful nonfiction I have ever read. Didion gets put up on a pedestal in many circles, but it’s hard to argue convincingly that she…
Reading Log: February in Review
February was a rather lean month. Between working very long hours at a new school and trying to juggle a few other projects and responsibilities, my reading (and writing) tapered…
Reading Log: Jerzy Kosinski’s Being There
My girlfriend picked this up, read it in a day or two, then passed it on to me. I’d never heard of it (or seen the Academy Award-winning movie) and…
Reading Log: Best of British
Great used-bookstore find. This little gem was published in 78 and samples some 30 or so British motorcycles from the post-war era through the early seventies. This volume has the…