Themes & Projects

Mysteries, December 2008–January 2009

Maritime literature, January–March 2009

Melville read-through, part I, TypeeWhite-Jacket, December 2009–January 2010

Whirlwind tour of Russian literature, February–May 2010

Epistolary literature, July 2009–June 2010

Melville read-through, part II, Moby-DickBilly Budd, July–September 2010

The Unstructured Clarel Readalong, August–September 2010

The Art of the Novella Challenge, August 2011

The bibliographing Reading Challenge, January 2011–present



Authors

The History of Now by Daniel Klein

The History of Now, by Daniel Klein, opens by recounting an arson, one that will facilitate the commercial development of an important block in downtown Grandville, a quintessential small New England town nestled in the Berkshires. Part of that block will become the Phoenix, a theatre designed to draw a regional crowd, and a [...]

Miscellany

Last night I finally, finally, finally got around to watching “Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story.” I loved it and it’s seriously reignited my desire to read the book.

Yesterday I also listened to this week’s episode of EconTalk, and found out that they are starting a podcast book club to read [...]

The Withdrawal Method by Pasha Malla

Check out my review of The Withdrawal Method, a collection of short stories by Canadian writer Pasha Malla.