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January

“A prison becomes a home if you hold the key.”
— Supposedly, this is George...

Wind from an Enemy Sky

D’Arcy McNickle, 1978 (‘78 is the year after he died; I’m not actually sure when...

Story of My Boyhood and Youth

1913, John Muir We associate John Muir with Yoesmite and the West, but this is the story of his...

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek...

1974, Annie Dillard Things that have rattled around in my head for the last few days: … see...

... So, I logged in to Amazon...

and it promptly suggested that I “treat myself” to a Norton Anthology.

I’m struck by how important domestic animals seem, so far, three chapters into John...

“This is the roof of the world. An immense, sequestered...”
— So opens “Ancestral Legacies,”...

My uncreative first response to the much-acclaimed...

“We are facing a global crisis today, not because of how...”
— Donald Worster on what the...

Simians, Cyborgs and Women

What on earth sort of use did Morton make of this text? I found it hopelessly tangled and useless. ...

The World Without Us

I want to grab all my New York loving friends and tell them to read the “City Without...

“They called that place Sniel-emen (Mountains of the...”
— Epigraph to The Surrounded,...

The Surrounded

D’Arcy McNickle, 1936 I liked this book a good deal; I’m looking forward to also...

Frank Norris hates monopolies and you should too.

The Octopus (Epic of Wheat Trilogy)

Frank Norris, 1901 “It’s naturalism, it’s supposed to suck,” said Chris, trying to...