The Quivering Pen

Just now I can feel that little quivering of the pen which has always foreshadowed the happy delivery of a good book. --Emile Zola

Showing posts with label 1000 Books. Show all posts

Showing posts with label 1000 Books. Show all posts

Friday, January 3, 2020

My Year of Reading: Every Book I Read in 2019

111. Three slashes, like a prisoner scratching the number of days in his prison cell; in my case, however, I was liberated by the on...

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Virginia Woolf writes

There is the art of writing, and then there is the act of writing. From one springs the other....though not always (ask any writer how many...

Friday, August 16, 2019

When My Father Fell in Love With Annie Dillard

In 1975, my father read Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard and fell in love with both the book and its author. At the time, the R...

Saturday, April 27, 2019

1,000 Books: Don Quixote in Iraq

Don Quixote . In particular, this Modern Library edition, standing vigil today over my old battle-dress uniform. Oh, the memories of thi...

Friday, March 1, 2019

Friday Freebie: 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die by James Mustich

Congratulations to Lisa Murray , winner of last week’s Friday Freebie: And So We Die, Having First Slept by Jennifer Spiegel. I’m please...

Thursday, November 29, 2018

1,000 Books: Edward Abbey to Louisa May Alcott

I n this season of gratitude, I have 1,000 reasons to be thankful for James Mustich. As the co-founder of the legendary mail-order catal...

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