Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag
When we read we want to soften the blow. We read the lines but we don’t get the impact. So when...
Tag: nonfiction
Skepticism and the Depth of Life by Saul Bellow
This is the last essay from the 60’s, sort of Bellow’s swan song to the era, in the recently...
When We Fell In Love – Max Neely-Cohen
Even though I did not fall in love with writing until I was 19, I always loved books. From...
The World’ Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne
[A Life in Books; In Books, a Life]
By Josh Hanagarne’s account, the consistent presence of books is the base on which his life finds its stability.…
After Visiting Friends: A Son’s Story by Michael Hainey
At this point everyone knows I rarely read non-fiction, something about leading a non-fiction life, yeah-yeah. When my pal at S&S asked me what I was reading I told her, “& Sons by David Gilbert.”…
Diaboliad by Mikhail Bulgakov
I don’t need to tell anyone who has read it, but Mikhail Bulgakov’s masterwork, The Master and Margarita, is one of the seminal reading experiences of anyone’s life.…
New York Diaries
New York Diaries is edited by Teresa Carpenter who has done an excellent, sensitive job. The form is mathematically elegant and, I would think, an editor’s dream.…
