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 talk about books, we can talk about what matters to us without venturing into geopolitical territories (like left, and right, and centre—and
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 allowed some reading habits that I enjoyed to fall away, like reading with the seasons in mind. Like resolving to read something
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 to ask himself “again” and “at length” this question: “Do you still want to devote your life to fiction?” Spoiler: he does.
Abi-Nakhoul, Atwood, Brinkley, Graves, Kemick, Nunez, Segal Short Stories in October, November and December Whether in a dedicated collection or a magazine, these stories capture a variety of reading moods. This quarter, I returned to three familiar writers and also explored four new-to-me story writers.
In addition to the general hopes for my reading this year, which I wrote about yesterday, I have one specific and measurable 2025 goal as well. In response to the current political shift in the United States: I’m planning to read 21 Latin-American books (by Latin-American authors or set
