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Tag Archives: Mary Gaitskill
2017 Books Read
I got into a good rhythm with reading this year. I did a lot of re-reading, going back to books I haven’t read in 20 years or whatever. It was fun, like a reunion with an old friend. Much of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, A.S. Byatt, Bette Davis, books read, Camille Paglia, Christopher Hitchens, Edgar Allan Poe, England, France, George Orwell, Hannah Arendt, Herman Melville, Hitler, Ireland, Jack London, Janet Malcolm, Jean Renoir, Jeanette Winterson, Joan Crawford, Joan Didion, John Milton, Kim Stanley, Mark Danielewski, Mary Astor, Mary Gaitskill, Olivia Laing, Poland, politics, Robert Altman, Robert Conquest, Robert Kaplan, Russia, S.E. Hinton, Shirley Jackson, Tana French, Tennessee Williams, The Great Terror, war
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Stuff I’ve Been Reading
My schedule is a BEAR right now but I still have managed to go on a really pleasing reading tear this year, in the little spare time that I have. Since I moved apartments in February, my commute into Manhattan … Continue reading
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Tagged Jean Renoir, Mary Gaitskill, Olivia Laing, stuff I've been reading, war, WWII
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2007 Books Read
(in the order in which I finished them, understanding that very often I read many books at the same time). I count re-read books, by the way. I’ll include links to any posts or book excerpts I might have done … Continue reading
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Tagged A Tale of Two Cities, A.S. Byatt, Anne Fadiman, Billy Budd, Bleak House, Bob Balaban, books read, Born Standing Up, By the Lake, David McCullough, Dean Stockwell, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Dubliners, Elinor Lipman, George Washington, Graham Greene, Gulliver's Travels, Harry Potter, John Adams, John McGahern, Mary Gaitskill, Master & Commander, Michael Chabon, Never Let Me Go, Orson Welles, Philip K. Dick, Robert Kaplan, Scoop, Self-Help, Veronica
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The Books: “Veronica” (Mary Gaitskill)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Veronica – – by Mary Gaitskill. Veronica is Gaitskill’s latest book, a novel. As is probably clear by now, Mary Gaitskill is one of my favorite writers today. I was kinda disappointed in Veronica – … Continue reading
The Books: “Because They Wanted to” – ‘The Wrong Stuff’ (Mary Gaitskill)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction Because They Wanted to: Stories – – by Mary Gaitskill. This excerpt is from the last four-part story in the book (I could read a novel about this character – she’s so well-drawn and touching … Continue reading
The Books: “Because They Wanted to” – ‘Comfort’ (Mary Gaitskill)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction Because They Wanted to: Stories – – by Mary Gaitskill. This excerpt is from the story ‘Comfort’. A typically bitchy ironic title from Gaitskill – because the characters in the story are comfortless. There is … Continue reading
The Books: “Because They Wanted to” – ‘Blanket’ (Mary Gaitskill)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction Because They Wanted to: Stories – – by Mary Gaitskill. This excerpt is from the story ‘Blanket’. Only Mary Gaitskill could write a story with a happy ending and have it FEEL like a sad … Continue reading
The Books: “Because They Wanted to” – ‘Orchid’ (Mary Gaitskill)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction Because They Wanted to: Stories – – by Mary Gaitskill. This excerpt is from the story ‘Orchid’. Another killer of a story with what I see as a familiar Gaitskill “plot”: running into an old … Continue reading