The Book of The Damned was found in the garbage at the library – was headed for the dump! So glad I rescued this strange book from 1919 – it is about data that science has disregarded and moved on from. The book is a long report of all kinds of weird scientific observations
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My neighbor, Dave, gave me the copy of Immigrant Voices on New Year’s Day when we went to visit a friend in Sonoma. He had read “No Subject” by Carolina De Robertis to me the last time we drove out thatta way. I re-read that this week, and read “Home Safe” by Emma Ruby-Sachs. “No Subject” is
In the midst of unpacking, preparing for the Spring semester, and generally allowing my body some well-earned rest, I did manage to read these two books. I picked up a number of Rae Armantrout books recently from Better World Books. I am trying to get closer to her process, but it is difficult —
I type with gloves on from Maywood, NJ. I have been here the last six weeks and am preparing to head home tomorrow by train. Throughout my time here I have wondered in passing about what I might read on my trek back to California. I was given a copy of Junkland by Patrick Johns that
Here are some photos of local Marin artists’ sculpture. I work as an artist and gallerist at MSA. I love the diversity of entries and the breadth that they cover. Enjoy! The second is a video.
The year 2018 has been one that I think many of us identify as “one to remember”. This might be for good reasons or bad reasons or a mixture of both– I think I’ve had a tsunami of both this year. The events of the year parallel much of the art I am also seeing
I took a little time to revisit my blog posts from the last ten weeks, and after tallying can say I did in fact read 10 books in 10 weeks. Yahoo! I wasn’t sure since there were several I picked up and put down since we began ten weeks ago. I even read an 11th
While hanging out in the foothills of Sequoia National Park this weekend I read this collection of Marianne Moore’s poetry. The introduction is excellent, and I’d recommend reading it before diving into her work. Reading this collection gave me an appreciate for the complexity in Moore’s work. I learned from the introduction that her poem
I finished three books over the last week, and all include lots of interesting illustrations. I read TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, illustrated by Edward Gorey, DUMB by Georgia Webber, and A Child’s Bouquet of Yesterday by Gerda Vautier. This book of poetry came to me when I was visiting my brother in Fredericksburg, Virginia
I finished it! I am on the train headed back to California and found the time to finish the second half of this long novel. The best word I can use to describe this book is Whitmanian — in fact, I think one could argue this as an epic poem and perhaps reach beyond the
Seasonal Reading 