januaries

Ark

We love the stories of flood and the few
told to prepare in advance by their god.
In that story, the saved are
always us, meaning:
whoever holds the book.

--Katie Ford

Divisadero

One consolation of maturity, we tell ourselves, is perspective. But for the characters of Michael Ondaatje's masterful new novel, Divisadero, that proves to be no comfort at all. As Ondaatje's narrator, Anna, says in the prologue, "The raw truth of... more

Previous reviews:
Dec 28	-	The Sex Life of Food
Sep 1	-	Book by Book: Notes on Reading and Life
Aug 4	-	The Corporation

Meanwhile: Sick books

Meanwhile/SunStar Daily June 25 Sick books MY niece, a five-year-old bundle of things incredible, is an unforgiving doughnut monster. Not a gobbler, but a neat nibbler with fine saw teeth (I told her a mysterious toad stole her front... more

Previous blog entries:
Jul 17	-	Meanwhile: Useful knowledge
Jun 3	-	PO1 Buzz Lightyear
Jun 2	-	Poem by Robert Bly: The Transluscent Stone
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Mar 13	-	Hoodlums in scrubs