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Fresh bookishness!
Mini Update Sticky Post: February 26, 2025 If you're looking to catch up? Check out my reflections on 2024's reading, and plans for 2025. These days, I've been
A Shared Project: George Saunders (Turgenev, Second Story)
Last month’s discussion of A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, on February 15th, was dedicated to the first Chekov story (1897). My post is here,
Read Indies 2025: A Novella and an Epic, Mysteries and Verses, Matasha and a Manifesto
Kaggsy’s and Lizzy’s fifth annual celebration of Indie publishers in the UK is a regular reminder to celebrate the independent voices in this industry. All month, I’ve
Read Indies 2025: Letters, Translations, Limbs and a Goat
Kaggsy’s and Lizzy’s fifth annual celebration of Indie publishers in the UK is a regular reminder to celebrate the independent voices in this industry. All month, I’ve
Ira Wells’ On Book Banning (2025) #ReadIndies
For many of you, the title and cover alone will suffice. On Book Banning is timely and relevant, balanced and engaging. Picture Ira Wells, in a children’s
Read Indies 2025: Six Books, Six Reading Moods
Kaggsy’s and Lizzy’s fifth annual celebration of Indie publishers in the UK is a regular reminder to celebrate the independent voices in this industry. All month, I’ve
Renaming my Shelf of America: #ShelfOfMexico
I value apolitical bookish spaces, magazines and communities online. Where people endeavor to prioritise the discussion of art and literature outside the context of geopolitics. When we
A Long Bookish, Wintry Quotation from Italo Calvino
This year I am trying to read more deliberately whimsically. Go ahead and giggle, I know it’s ridiculous. Over the course of a reading lifetime, I’ve
Planning 2025’s Reading (A Shared Project: George Saunders)
On the second-last page of A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders explains that writing the book turned out to be a chance
Reader and Writer
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