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Tag Archives: books
Thoughts on a remarkable book I’ve just re-read
This week I re-read Brad Willis Warrior Pose, a book that has lodged in my memory since I first came upon it two years ago. I read a lot of books, but only a few do I read twice. It’s the … Continue reading
On Reading Rebecca Mead’s My Life in Middlemarch
All of us have a favorite book we wouldn’t mind reading again. For me, it’s David Copperfield, simply because I identify with much of what happens in it. The same holds true for Rebecca Mead in her bibliomemoir, My Life … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, Coventry, George Eliot, George Lewes, literary, literature, Middlemarch, My Llfe in Middlemarch, Rebecca Mead, Victorian, Victorian novels, writing
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Before Surgery Reading: Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small
I’ve always loved animals. I can’t say where it comes from, but maybe it’s in the genes. Both my nieces exhibit the same trait. Currently, I’ve been reading James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small. If you’re old enough, you … Continue reading
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Tagged All Creatures Great and Small, animals, books, James Herriot, veterinarians
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On finding a new booklist quarry
I confess I’m addicted to booklists. No sooner do I finish one book, but I’m into another. What surprises me is that I can’t remember anyone in my family serving as a role model when I was a child, either … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Hicklin, authors Brain Pickings, booklists, books, new york times style magazine, onegrandbooks.com, writers, writing
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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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Oliver Sacks: Medicine’s Laureate
I find every patient I see, everywhere, vividly alive, interesting and rewarding; I have never seen a patient who didn’t teach me something new. Or stir in me new feelings and new trains of thought. –Oliver Sacks I’ve just finished … Continue reading
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Tagged Awakenings, book reviews, books, encephalitis, Oliver Sacks, On the Move, Robin Williams, Thom Gunn
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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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A Poet Reminisces: Essays After Eighty
I have always liked poetry and poets, in particular, because of their sensitivity to human experience. One poet I like a lot is Donald Hall, a giant among contemporary American poets, although he’s given up the craft, or as he … Continue reading
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Tagged best books, books, Donald Hall, essays, New Hampshire, old age, Poetry, poets, reminiscence, writers, writing, Writing Well
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On Reading E. O. Wilson’s The Meaning of Human Existence
I finished reading E. O. Wilson’s remarkable book, The Meaning of Human Existence, two weeks ago and am now finally getting to tell others why I like it so much. For one thing, I admire its author, an eminent, cerebral … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity, books, E. O. Wilson, environment, evolution, religion, sociobiology, The Meaning of Human Existence
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