William Kotzwinkle’s The Bear Went Over the Mountain (1996)

2014-03-09T17:11:57-04:00

William Kotzwinkle The Bear Went Over the Mountain Henry Holt, 1996 This one came my way via a recommendation from Corey Redekop when I was chattering about bookish fiction. At first I was really excited about it, but, when I got my copy and saw the blurb on the back

William Kotzwinkle’s The Bear Went Over the Mountain (1996)2014-03-09T17:11:57-04:00

Nicole Brossard’s Fences in Breathing (2007)

2014-03-09T16:22:33-04:00

Nicole Brossard's Fences in Breathing, Translated from the French (2007), Susanne de Lotbiniere-Harwood Coach House Books, 2009 Today's bookish book was an easy choice because I had chosen Nicole Brossard as one of the writers whose feminist writing I wanted to explore for this year's Women Unbound Reading Challenge and

Nicole Brossard’s Fences in Breathing (2007)2014-03-09T16:22:33-04:00

John McNally’s After the Workshop (2010)

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John McNally's After the Workshop Counterpoint, 2010 Not just another bookish Friday, nope: this bookish-book Friday comes to you thanks to Sasha and the Silverfish, whose rave post about John McNally's novel ensured its placement -- and her acknowledgement -- in my Bad Blogger's category. The TwentyTen Reading Challenge demands

John McNally’s After the Workshop (2010)2020-07-29T09:31:48-04:00

Old Dog, New Bookish Trick

2014-03-09T13:38:41-04:00

Kathryn Stockett's The Help Penguin, 2009 I don't listen to a lot of audiobooks; it's not that I have a philosophical stance against them, I'm just old-fashioned, so the first inclination is to pick up the book. But what I do quite enjoy is having both options, so that if

Old Dog, New Bookish Trick2014-03-09T13:38:41-04:00

Oh, my aching reader’s brain

2014-02-27T17:38:43-05:00

Kristjana Gunnars' The Substance of Forgetting (1992) Taking on the work of Kristjana Gunnars could take you in a variety of directions. Off the shelf came a short story collection (Any Day But This, 2004), a poetry collection (Silence of the Country, 2002) and a collection of essays (which remains

Oh, my aching reader’s brain2014-02-27T17:38:43-05:00
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