Better late than never. 105. Short Talks, by Anne Carson This is the first collection I’ve read from Carson, and these prose poems have turned me into a budding fan. I adored Short Talks and must read more from her. 106. 100 Jams, Jellies Preserves & Pickles, by Gloria Nicol On the surface the recipes …
June marked the first edition of Shelf Life, and July the second, so with August I bring you the third collection of brief notes on what I read this month. You’ll notice this month’s list has gone up in a much more timely fashion. This time I took my own advice and wrote these notes …
This is what $60 of books looks like when you shop at BMV. I love BMV.1 I picked up a lot of good stuff: A Model World and Other Stories, by Michael Chabon The Essential Tales of Chekov, edited by Richard Ford The Burning Alphabet, by Barry Dempster For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest …