I'm reading Jane Smiley's novella Good Will. Dang, can she write! Told from the perspective of a back-to-the-land self-reliant man who tries so hard and manages to miss the point entirely. I had been reading Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake, but despite some lovely passages I was having trouble getting into it.
I have an embarrassing confession: I’ve never read Jane Smiley. Wait, I did read her book on Dickens. But I need to read one of her works of fiction. Thanks for telling me about Good Will
I’m reading Protestants Abroad by David Hollander, which sums itself up conveniently in the opening sentences: “The Protestant foreign missionary project expected to make the world more like the United States. Instead, it made the United States look more like the world.”
I'm reading—and highly recommending—Barbara Pym's Excellent Women. Written in the '50s it's about smart, repressed women, manners, and church culture. That's a terrible description of a funny and charming book. I'm reading it with A Public Space bookclub (online community based in Brooklyn).
I’m reading Alison Bechdel’s Spent.
I need to read Spent by Monday for my Vermont cousin book club
I'm reading Jane Smiley's novella Good Will. Dang, can she write! Told from the perspective of a back-to-the-land self-reliant man who tries so hard and manages to miss the point entirely. I had been reading Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake, but despite some lovely passages I was having trouble getting into it.
I have an embarrassing confession: I’ve never read Jane Smiley. Wait, I did read her book on Dickens. But I need to read one of her works of fiction. Thanks for telling me about Good Will
I’m reading Protestants Abroad by David Hollander, which sums itself up conveniently in the opening sentences: “The Protestant foreign missionary project expected to make the world more like the United States. Instead, it made the United States look more like the world.”
I'm reading—and highly recommending—Barbara Pym's Excellent Women. Written in the '50s it's about smart, repressed women, manners, and church culture. That's a terrible description of a funny and charming book. I'm reading it with A Public Space bookclub (online community based in Brooklyn).
I love A Public Space! Do they still have a literary journal as well?