The U.K. announced the winner of its prestigious Man Booker Prize. Now it's time in the U.S. for the National Book Award.
Category: Other Books
A. S. Byatt fears the world is a dark place
My interview with A. S. Byatt is now live.
The brief silence explained
Simply put: An interview with A. S. Byatt.
“The Collector” is now off the reading table
Published in 1963, John Fowles first novel about a psychopath reflects today's news. I struggled to separate his fiction from reality.
Bird books aren’t for birders alone
I'm gathering a small collection of bird books. Perhaps in a former life I was an ornithologist. Here are two, recently published and purchased.
The dog ate it (really)
A picture of my Pembroke Welsh Corgi and an anecdote that involves a Dalmatian and a John Cheever book.
A new rotation of books on TLC
Books have been added and removed from My Reading Table. Here's the update.
It was August 1978 when this letter arrived
I went through a short period in my young life when I wrote letters to authors. A few replied, including Meta Carpenter Wilde. She had written a memoir about her love affair with William Faulkner. Here's an excerpt from her letter.
I can’t resist vintage paperbacks
Check out the sexy temptress on the first edition paperback of Steinbeck's "To a God Unknown" and the deer-in-the-headlights face on Fitzgerald's "The Beautiful and Damned." Intriguing illustrations such as these are why vintage paperbacks end up in my library.
How many books can you fit in a house?
Last summer I bought a new bookcase. This summer appears to require a new one also. The photo explains.
The Man Booker 13 on the 13th
It's the beginning of the annual countdown from the longlist to the shortlist to the winner of Britain's 2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Here are the 13 that made the longlist.
From the monks’ library: 23 books
I brought home a small list of books from the library at St. Gregory's Abbey. It's posted on the blog.
Appignanesi’s book of madness
Lisa Appignanesi's "Mad, Bad & Sad" is coming out in paperback end of August. This history of female mental illness got great reviews from its hardcover days. Worth a look.
Dear Gertrude
A book about Gertrude Tennant published by Yale University Press offers up 24 new letters written by Gustave Flaubert to the Victorian lady. A rare discovery.
Rotation update
I've moved books from The Reading Table to the Currently Reading List, plus added books to The Reading Table. Here's an update.
The Longest Chapter 