Writers read. As a wordsmith, I thought sharing my thoughts about the pages that pass between my fingers might be productive. Please note, that I am skipping over books I have read in the past, so apologies if your favorites do not appear in this blog.

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Zadie Smith, On Beauty
Zadie Smith, On Beauty

“Park the car in post-racial identity politics Harvard Yard.”

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Bring Up the Bodies, by Hilary Mantel
Bring Up the Bodies, by Hilary Mantel

"Mantel does historical fiction right."

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Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval, by Saidiya Hartman
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval, by Saidiya Hartman

"Forgotten memories."

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Men We Reaped: A Memoir, by Jesmyn Ward
Men We Reaped: A Memoir, by Jesmyn Ward

"Fear the reaper."

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Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett

"Catchy, but with some wrong notes."

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How to be Both, by Ali Smith
How to be Both, by Ali Smith

"Double Image."

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Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson
Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson

"Mission Impenetrable"

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A Room of One’s Own, by Virginia Woolf
A Room of One’s Own, by Virginia Woolf

“Still waiting, but maybe…”

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Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Abenddämmerung.”

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