The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings by James Baldwin
2010 collection of [some of?] Baldwin’s uncollected short pieces
Tag: America
American Vampire #1 by Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque & Stephen King
a comic book that’s errr fine i suppose
Protected: No Quiet Water by Shirley Miller Kamada (full review)
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No Quiet Water by Shirley Miller Kamada (summary)
an important topic, at least?
Weird Fucks by Lynne Tillman
great very short book that never gets *that* weird
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
we cannot equate hope with idiocy and expect to ever be happy
Black American Psycho by Ernest Baker
solid novel recommended in Only Americans Burn In Hell
Do Every Thing Wrong!: XXXTentacion Against The World by 😇 Jarett Kobek 😇
an extensive discussion re the weighty themes raised by this book
Only Americans Burn In Hell by 🙏 Jarett Kobek 🙏
if you’re not reading Kobek you’re not reading
The Autobiography of Malcolm X with Alex Haley
some thoughts on reading one of the 20th century’s most important books
ATTA by 🙏Jarett Kobek🙏
anti 9/11, anti Richmond, pro Jarett Kobek
The Evidence of Things Not Seen by James Baldwin
it’s not Baldwin’s best, but it’s better than most books by everyone else!
The Yellow House by Sarah M Broom
boooorrrrriiiiinnnggg
POETRY MONTH: The Nancy Reagan Collection by Maxe Crandall
i read some poems on the backlot throat goat
POETRY MONTH: Bars Fight by Lucy Terry Prince
potentially significant if unexciting 18th century ballad
Middle Passage by Charles Johnson
middling swashbuckling adventure
Another Country by James Baldwin
another hagiography on Baldwin as scott packs up his north american life
Jarett Kobek & the Zodiac Killer (Motor Spirit & The Hunt for Zodiac)
two new books from Jarett Kobek about CRIME CRIME CRIME
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
struck down by covid, scott crawls into a classic novel
Clotel or, the President’s Daughter by William Wells Brown
excellent, significant, 19th century anti-slavery novel
Zora Neale Hurston (and a state-mandated medical exam)
in which the canadian state tests me for TB & syphilis
Joan Didion: The 1980s & 90s (PART THREE)
i cannot read myself happy
Joan Didion: The 1980s & 90s (PART TWO)
if u see a dead racoon at the side of the road
Four Repeater Books (two I recommend)
two excellent books, two not excellent books
on sleaze via Saul Bellow
sleaze is not a synonym for prurience
Fictionalising Fascism
don’t be stupid, be a smarty / read fiction ’bout the nazi party
Valentino and Sagittarius by Natalia Ginzburg
the lockdown continues and nothing changes
50 Words on Each of the Essays in Joan Didion’s Let Me Tell You What I Mean
Yes, it’s here, the new (new?) Joan Didion, so to celebrate I’m going to give a tiny tiny tiny commentContinue Reading
James Baldwin Threeway
baldwin, baldwin, baldwin
Sharks In The Time of Saviors [sic] by Kawai Strong Washburn
but sharks are evil, right?
Jazz by Toni Morrison
redressing a gap in my reading
Cane by Jean Toomer
ok toomer
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolomé de las Casas
very early protest against colonialism
Native Son by Richard Wright
surprisingly good protest novel; thoughts on UK election result
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
great early[ish] essays from one of america’s best
Most of my Heroes Don’t Appear On No Stamps by Ran Walker
brief comments on a collection of kwansabas
Blues For Mister Charlie by James Baldwin
a sad play from JB the master
And The Band Played On by Randy Shilts
an essential non-fiction read and a new documentary on its legacy
I Love Dick by Chris Kraus
a little bit of Vitamin D…
Known and Strange Things by Teju Cole
Teju Cole Me By Your Name
The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead’s intriguing, if imperfect, debut
Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
ideologically, i’d love to tear this apart, but i cannot…
Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin
there ain’t no fool like a holy fool
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
a dark, engaging, affecting read
An American Dream by Norman Mailer
fun frothy men’s fiction
Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson
Finally, a book about race that makes me angry at myself
Notes From No Man’s Land by Eula Biss
great essay collection… from america
White Girls by Hilton Als
Off the booze (again), I enjoy a book but despair of life.
Trump & Me by Mark Singer
Trump cannot and will not be ignored.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
an accurate depiction of the lust and boredom that threatens to overwhelm all of us who aren’t pious, delusional, fuckheads
Triumph Of The Now 