Joan Didion: The 1980s & 90s (PART THREE)
i cannot read myself happy
Tag: New York
on sleaze via Saul Bellow
sleaze is not a synonym for prurience
The Proust Screenplay by Harold Pinter
to adapt is not to survive
Jazz by Toni Morrison
redressing a gap in my reading
Tender Omnibus
exceptional omnibus from NY publisher Tender Buttons
The Poems of Dylan Thomas
welsh poetry, often wonderful, sometimes dry
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
a stupid person’s idea of a clever novel; fun but flimsy
And The Band Played On by Randy Shilts
an essential non-fiction read and a new documentary on its legacy
The First Day by Phil Harrison
mainstream literary fiction that I very nearly love
Time and Again by Jack Finney
writing on time travel like
Triumph Of The Now 