This, when the goal is to ignore the practical for the incomprehensible.
Category: Reading Life
About the books in my life and the names of the people who wrote them. Here, I’ll talk about what I’ve been reading, what’s next on the checklist, what I find at random, and where I’ll ask for some suggestions.
Book Breadcrumbs
I love coming across a name, a movement, a particular piece of writing and then going off to find them for myself. There’re these great chains of people who love to read, to learn, to share experience and wisdom, and I get to take part in their knowledge just by having a library card.
Daily Reading
It’s not like I have to write a book report about Wuthering Heights when I’d rather be reading Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy or something.
There Will Never Be Another Bukowski
I don’t think that’s a bad thing.
Reading Outside of Poetry
Some of the most influential writing for me has been outside poetry. Sadly, the last year or two, since graduating, … More