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Elegy for Iris: A Review
“We can only learn to love by loving.” —Iris Murdoch I’ve just read John Bayley’s Elegy for Iris, his moving memoir of his wife, renowned British novelist Iris Murdoch—26 novels in addition to nonfiction—who succumbed to Alzheimer’s in 1999 at … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, book reviews, Elegy for Iris, Iris and her Friends, Irish Murdoch, John Bagley, writers
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My Best Reads for 2015
My thirst for good reads continued in 2015, and among them, two stand out for special praise in providing me with pleasure, insight, and continuing reflection. (I’ve reviewed both more fully elsewhere in Brimmings.) Fiction: John Williams. Stoner (New York … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, best biographies. biography, books, memoirs, Oliver Sacks, On the Move, Stoner, writers
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Same Sun Here
Dear River, I cannot tell from your name if you are a boy or girl so I will write to you like you are a human being. The above comes from a book I’ve been reading for middle grade children, … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, books, Kentucky, mountain top removal, Neela Vaswani, Silas House, Tlhe Same Slun Here, writers
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Why some writers succeed and others don’t
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you do, but people will never forget how you made them feel (Maya Angelou). I like to read and I read omnivorously, whether fiction or non-fiction. … Continue reading
Peter Matthiessen: Homegoing
We lost a great writer, Peter Matthiessen, this past weekend. A co-founder of the renowned Paris Review and author of thirty-three books, both fiction and non-fiction, his supreme subject was Nature and, sadly, Man’s pervasive impact upon it: Species appear, … Continue reading
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