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Tag Archives: Richard Bach
Stuff I’ve Been Reading
Been a while since I’ve done one of these. — The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick I had never read her before. I was familiar with her as “Robert Lowell’s wife” – she shows up repeatedly in his correspondence with … Continue reading
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Tagged essays, fiction, Mae West, nonfiction, Richard Bach, stuff I've been reading, The Bridge Across Forever
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The Books: Rereadings: Seventeen Writers Revisit Books They Love, edited by Anne Fadiman; “Love with a Capital L, The Vagabond and The Shackle, by Colette”, by Vivian Gornick
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
Book Questionnaire Full of Shame, Loathing and Lying
I can’t remember where I initially found this questionnaire, but in re-doing my Categories I found the questions saved in Drafts. I had obviously seen them somewhere, and wanted to answer them eventually. Thought I’d bring it out now. Haven’t … Continue reading
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Tagged A Tale of Two Cities, Billy Budd, By the Lake, Charles Dickens, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Hopeful Monsters, John McGahern, Paul Zindel, Philip K. Dick, Richard Bach, Ryszard Kapuściński, The Bridge Across Forever, The End of the Affair, The Great Gatsby, The Pigman, The Shipping News, War and Peace
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The Books: “Running from Safety” (Richard Bach)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Running from Safety: An Adventure of the Spirit – by Richard Bach. Hmmm. Man speaks with inner child for length of book. Hmmm. I imagine if you said to me, “Sheila, you’ve gotta read this … Continue reading
The Books: “One” (Richard Bach)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: One – by Richard Bach. The second in Bach’s “soulmate” books. Again, he and Leslie are the stars. In this one, he and Leslie fly in their little plane – far above what looks like … Continue reading
The Books: “The Bridge Across Forever” (Richard Bach)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story – by Richard Bach. If you read a couple of the Amazon reviews on the re- release of this long-time NY Times bestseller – the ultimate “soulmate” … Continue reading
The Books: “Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah” (Richard Bach)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah – by Richard Bach. This was the first of his books I read. I was in high school – I think I was a junior. I loved it. … Continue reading
The Books: “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” (Richard Bach)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Jonathan Livingston Seagull – by Richard Bach. Oh boy. We’re moving into Richard Bach land. I have a complicated long-term relationship with Richard Bach. And for those of you who are new to me – … Continue reading
Soulmates: The Timeline
I’ve got soulmates on the brain. Soulmate essay 1 – the overview Soulmate essay 2 – Intro to Richard Bach So now I’m gonna talk, briefly, about how I got sucked into Richard Bach’s world (before I escaped, thank goodness.) … Continue reading
Soulmates: Intro to Richard Bach
Here’s my first essay on this topic. Now? I’ll take on how I got suckered into the whole thing in my early 20s, and escaped from its clutches within an inch of my life. Had to go through the phase, … Continue reading
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Tagged Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Richard Bach
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