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The Books: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, “Types of Men,” by H.L. Mencken
Next up on the essays shelf: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, by H.L. Mencken Now that I got some initial thoughts about Mencken out of the way, let’s get down to brass tacks. His writing! … Continue reading
The Books: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, “Meditation on Meditation,” by H.L. Mencken
Next up on the essays shelf: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, by H.L. Mencken I haven’t written much on H.L. Mencken. This is the only piece I could find and I can tell I had … Continue reading
The Books: At Large and At Small, “Coffee,” by Anne Fadiman
Next up on the essays shelf: At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays, by Anne Fadiman Anne Fadiman opens this essay remembering her sophomore year in college, when, on a nightly basis, she would meet up with two boys who … Continue reading
The Books: At Large and At Small, “A Piece of Cotton,” by Anne Fadiman
Next up on the essays shelf: At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays, by Anne Fadiman A powerful little essay about the American flag. Anne Fadiman and her husband had moved out of Manhattan after living there for many many … Continue reading
The Books: At Large and At Small, “Coleridge the Runaway,” by Anne Fadiman
Next up on the essays shelf: At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays, by Anne Fadiman Anne Fadiman is a Coleridge fangirl. This entertaining and informative essay is part book-review (reading a two-volume biography of Coleridge) and part meditation on … Continue reading
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The Books: At Large and At Small, “Procrustes and the Culture Wars”, by Anne Fadiman
Next up on the essays shelf: At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays, by Anne Fadiman While Fadiman does not go after the “culture wars” with the same scorched-earth policy that Camille Paglia did (and still does), her aim is … Continue reading
The Books: At Large and At Small, “Night Owl”, by Anne Fadiman
Next up on the essays shelf: At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays, by Anne Fadiman Anne Fadiman is an “owl” and her husband is a “lark”, meaning: she prefers to stay up all night and go to bed around … Continue reading
The Books: At Large and At Small, “Ice Cream”, by Anne Fadiman
Next up on the essays shelf: At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays, by Anne Fadiman “Ice Cream” is a perfect example of what the wonderful Anne Fadiman is up to in this collection of essays. Taking her cue from … Continue reading
The Books: At Large and At Small, “Collecting Nature”, by Anne Fadiman
Next up on the essays shelf: At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays, by Anne Fadiman Anne Fadiman is a writer cherished by the O’Malley family, for her book Ex Libris (excerpted here) made up of essays by Fadiman having … Continue reading
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The Books: Rereadings: Seventeen Writers Revisit Books They Love, edited by Anne Fadiman; “The Pursuit of Worldliness; The Charterhouse of Parma, by Stendhal”, by Phillip Lopate
Next up on the essays shelf: Rereadings: Seventeen Writers Revisit Books They Love, edited by Anne Fadiman During Anne Fadiman’s reign as editor of The American Scholar (I had a subscription). During her reign, she instituted a regular feature called … Continue reading