With my reading time somewhat fragmented this summer, I ended up reading quite a few short stories and essays, which has inspired me to methodically read through "The New Yorker's 20 Under 40" collection. Chatter about that is already underway, and it will keep me busy on Mondays and Thursdays
You can tell from the title of this story (in The New Yorker's 20 Under 40 summer feature issue) that this is a love story. Of sorts. If a somewhat one-sided love-story. Though that sounds depressing, so I hasten to say that it's not all romancey-doom-and-gloom. But it's not all
Nicola Beauman's A Very Great Profession: The Woman's Novel 1914-39 (1983) Virago, 1984. Persephone No. 78, 2008. I'm certain that I've said this before, but this is one of my favourite kinds of books about books. Nicola Beauman's A Very Great Profession is obviously written out of a passion for
Rivka Galchen "The Entire Northern Side Was Covered with Fire" Summer Fiction: 20 Under 40 June14/21 "The New Yorker" Because the narrator's voice grabbed hold after only the second paragraph... Because I like stories with fires in them... Because, even more than that, I like stories that consider where art
Philipp Meyer "What You Do Out Here, When You're Alone" Summer Fiction: 20 Under 40 June14/21 "The New Yorker" That's why I started down this particular reading road, to sample the work of the ten writers whose names I did not recognize, like Philipp Meyer's, on the New Yorker's List
