I love to hear what other people are reading.<\/p>\n
So here’s Broom of Anger’s list<\/a>. I need to check out Carol for the Dead<\/i> myself. I am not familiar with Patrick Dunne’s work, and I love Newgrange.<\/p>\n The book that Erin O’Connor is reading right now<\/a> sounds fascinating, and I almost want to go out and buy it right this minute.<\/p>\n “Hoot” at Fish Fear Me talks about his response to Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink<\/i><\/a> – a book I still haven’t read. It’s on the dern list. I found his thoughts very interesting.<\/p>\n Book Slut talks about reading The Lobotomist<\/i><\/a> – a book which fascinates, compels, and disgusts me. I’ve been drawn to the subject of lobotomies ever since I first learned (in high school) that Tennessee Williams’ sister had been institutionalized, and was eventually lobotomized. His grief at “escaping” his childhood without going mad was expressed unforgettably in The Glass Menagerie<\/i>, with Laura standing in for Rose (his real-life sister). The guilt he felt, just in being sane, and in having to leave Rose behind, tormented him until the end of his days. The letters he wrote, after hearing that some “operation” had been done on his sister – are terrifying. I have a primal fear of lobotomies, it’s a dark shape that sits on the periphery of my mind, not connected to anything rational. Perhaps it is connected to my need to understand what is “the self” – where does it reside? What IS it? Can it be killed, cut out? Lobotomies strike at the very heart of that question. Then, there is my enduring fascinating with poor doomed Frances Farmer <\/a>(I was into her before the movie <\/a>came out, thank you very much!!) Lobotomies are not pleasant to ponder, of course, and I honestly don’t know if I could make it through that book, as much as the topic draws me in. I wonder if I was lobotomized in a former life. There’s something about the entire subject that is eerily (and unexplainably) familiar and terrifying to me.<\/p>\n If you feel like it – tell me what you’re reading in the comments.<\/p>\n To be added to, if necessary<\/b><\/p>\n And here is Anne’s list of reading material<\/a>. Prep<\/i> does, indeed, sound as though it were created just for you. :)<\/p>\n And here’s Steve Silver’s list<\/a>! Which reminds me I have to pick up the latest Hitchens book. I’m dying to read Hard News<\/i>, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I love to hear what other people are reading. So here’s Broom of Anger’s list. I need to check out Carol for the Dead myself. I am not familiar with Patrick Dunne’s work, and I love Newgrange. The book that … Continue reading