A Tough Act to Follow
Usually, when I finish one of the Pulitzers I’m reading, I’ll announce it by moving on to the next. Not so with The Orphan Master’s Son. While I began with… Read more »
Category: Books
Next Up: Adam Johnson
The Good Earth had its ups and downs, but I rank it high – top two or three among the Pulitzers I’ve read so far (eleven). Buck’s writing is beautiful,… Read more »
Live Better, Longer
I’d heard of “lifespan” before. Most of us have. But I hadn’t heard the term “healthspan” before. While lifespan is how long you live, healthspan is how long you live… Read more »
Next Up: Pearl S. Buck
I thought the Pulitzer was supposed to go to the most outstanding novel of the year depicting a notable aspect of American life, yet here we have Pearl S. Buck… Read more »
Saturday Zero: Books and Rice and Random
I’m usually out on the road right now, but some chest congestion and a cough kept me home this morning. If I feel better later, or, more probably, tomorrow I’ll… Read more »
Next up: Louise Erdrich
Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao started a bit rocky for me. A bit too graphic and flippant. But somewhere along the way it turned a corner…. Read more »
A Companion in my Discontent
It seems that I’m not the only one who is discontented with the new norm in entertainment. After 23 years in the business, the New York Times movie critic, A…. Read more »
Next Up: Junot Díaz
Wallace Stegner’s Angle of Repose was an excellent book….and also one of the most hopeless and depressing pieces of work I’ve ever read. It starts out well enough — one… Read more »
Monday Random
Well, after a day off and plenty of home-made chicken-rice porridge, I think I’ll be fine for now. At least I could do something today — got a bit of… Read more »
Slow Motion
It’s been a busy week. Visitors at work. A couple of new classes starting. The typical admin work that has to be done to keep things going…smoothly. I love doing… Read more »