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A few book recommendations

February 5, 2025 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ 4 Comments

January was a month when I swung widely among many types of books, not only in genre but also topic. To start, Ingrained: The Making of a Craftsman, not a topic I’d typically be drawn to. That changed thanks to what I read about the memoir when it published in December. Callum Robinson writes about … Continue reading A few book recommendations

No beach reads here

June 11, 2010June 12, 2010 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ Leave a comment

Seven books I'll be reading on my patio these first weeks of summer.

And that means what for their readers?

April 26, 2010May 21, 2010 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ 2 Comments

There are 13 fiction writers among the 180 Guggenheim Foundation grants recently announced for 2010. I recognized some of the authors but not all and then wondered what it means for readers considering a book by an author who's a Guggenheim Fellow.

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