Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
great early[ish] essays from one of america’s best
Tag: literary criticism
The Silent Woman by Janet Malcolm
stunning essay on the ethics and impossibilities of biography
Lost Time by Józef Czapski
a touch of proust
A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments by Roland Barthes
Love is not the preserve of the randy, love is not just something that happens with pants off or about to be off…
Consider the Lobster And Other Essays by David Foster Wallace
David bloody Foster bloody Wallace…
on the beach from fat man on a beach
Visiting the Llyn Peninsula in North Wales.
ABC of Reading by Ezra Pound
I’ve never gotten on well with Ezra Pound’s poems. Though a staple within the pretentious anthologies I used to readContinue Reading
The Bible: The Biography by Karen Armstrong
OK, yes, this is the second “history of Christianity” book in a row I’ve read, but it will be theContinue Reading
A supposedly fun thing I’ll never do again by David Foster Wallace
As I’ve mentioned on here many, many, many, many, many times, Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace* is one of theContinue Reading
