The Battle for Paradise by Naomi Klein
a short post about a short, but important, book
Tag: USA
I Hate The Internet by Jarett Kobek
the best novel I’ve read about the internet
And The Band Played On by Randy Shilts
an essential non-fiction read and a new documentary on its legacy
Selected Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
mediocre prose and a child bride: time to cancel Poe
An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim
beautiful grown-up time travel
I Love Dick by Chris Kraus
a little bit of Vitamin D…
So Far From God by Veronica Gonzalez Peña
phenomenal essay on Mexican corruption
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
Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black by Cookie Mueller
some really gorgeous prose
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
a dark, engaging, affecting read
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker
v good poems tho a v poor blog post
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
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
this is not a test, it’s a memoir
Open City by Teju Cole
transcript of a presentation from happier days
The Road To Tahrir Square by Lloyd C. Gardner
US so vain, I bet you think Arab Spring is about you
White Girls by Hilton Als
Off the booze (again), I enjoy a book but despair of life.
Mornings in Mexico by D. H. Lawrence
DHL happy in Mexico, then beautifully sad elsewhere.
On Dressing Down & The Tragedy of Fidel Castro
A book that makes big promises without sufficient returns…
Radar Road: The Best of On Impulse by Nath Jones
A short story collection, and my first experience of an eBook.
Consider the Lobster And Other Essays by David Foster Wallace
David bloody Foster bloody Wallace…
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
In America alone, 281 pounds of pig shit is produced for every one person per year. I don’t know if that’s a lot as I don’t know what a pound is.
Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy
The first Cormac McCarthy novel I read was 2006’s The Road, and it is by far and away his best.Continue Reading
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a big, serious novel all about big, serious things. It is intelligent, articulate, humaneContinue Reading
This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolff
This is the third memoir about “growing up” in the second half of the 20th-century I’ve read in a rowContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 