The more I read short stories the more I find myself drawn to Latin American writers. I’ve read Borges and Marquez for a long time, but recently authors such as Laura van den Berg and others have recommended Julio Cortarzar, Roberto Bolaño, and Clarice Lispecter. Guadalupe Nettel is a contemporary Latin American writer I’m onlyContinue reading “Reading in Translation: Guadalupe Nettel”
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Reading with Others: The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
I’ve been participating in recent APS Together group readings of classic books. The next one is The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot. I’ve not read any Eliot (I know, how could I have not read Middlemarch or Silas Marner?) and I’m very much looking forward to this read-along led by the author YiyunContinue reading “Reading with Others: The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot”
Backlist Books by Authors with New Books
If you’re anything like me you have a list of books to read that you keep pushing to the back of the list until something gives way to finally get me to pick it up. It’s not that I’m not looking forward to the book, I am! It’s on my TBR and I’m really interestedContinue reading “Backlist Books by Authors with New Books”