February 2016, In My Bookbag

2019-03-20T14:35:55-04:00

My reading resolutions for this year revolve around a set of too-long-unread books. Many of which were too-long-unread because they are long and complicated. Like Marge Piercy's Gone to Soldiers and Leslie Marmon Silko's Gardens in the Dunes, which I have been leaving at home, while these slimmer volumes have been

February 2016, In My Bookbag2019-03-20T14:35:55-04:00

August 2015, In My Bookbag

2017-07-24T15:24:57-04:00

Over the summer, I have been reading a lot of magazines. With some magazines, I "subscribe-incessently-and-renew-unthinkingly" and, with others, I practice the "when-I'm-in-the-mood-to-browse-the-newsstand" method.  Both of these purchasing methods result in a tremendous backlog of reading for me, because I'm curious about so many things that the stacks quickly become

August 2015, In My Bookbag2017-07-24T15:24:57-04:00

Irish Short Story Month, Mary Lavin

2014-03-20T16:14:08-04:00

In the introduction to her Selected Stories, Mary Lavin wrote in 1981 of the process she used to choose the stories to be included. One from each of her eleven short story collections, she explains. Hoping that "readers would not be presented with a bookful of stories with which they

Irish Short Story Month, Mary Lavin2014-03-20T16:14:08-04:00

The Stack of a Periodic Reader

2012-07-18T11:59:14-04:00

It's not this bad. I haven't subscribed to "The New Yorker" for a year now. It's not that bad. But maybe it's close. 63 magazines. When I actually started reading them at the beginning of June, I was rightly chuffed. Beginning with the most recent issues, I was reading backwards,

The Stack of a Periodic Reader2012-07-18T11:59:14-04:00

Magazine: Alexie on the cover of “World Literature Today”

2014-02-27T19:00:49-05:00

I was looking for a copy of the new Poets&Writers on the newstand today. I know, I could likely check their website and find out the date it's issued, but I prefer the old-fashioned scouting method. Partly because disappointment on that score can lead to happy discoveries, like happening upon

Magazine: Alexie on the cover of “World Literature Today”2014-02-27T19:00:49-05:00
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