Books

The #1970 Club: Germaine Greer and The Female Eunuch

Thanks to the #1970 Club, I've spent the spare moments of the past week immersed in The Female Eunuch and…

4 weeks ago

The Forgetful Mog

Thanks to the #1970 Club,  I have a new mog in my life and a new literary best friend in…

1 month ago

The #1970 Club: Language and Learning

The #1970 Club is starting tomorrow (October 14th) and I'm prepared with some reading and re-reading.  1970 offers a rich…

1 month ago

September Round-Up

We've been lucky with the weather in NYC this September. Many bright, warm days The aftermath of the powerful hurricane…

2 months ago

Meaning Loss

In Meaning Loss, Sanje Ratnavale has written a practical and timely contribution to an important debate that all schools should…

2 months ago

Sextortion: Alas! I am undone

Half a century ago I received an anonymous telephone call from a woman who said she had found my name…

2 months ago

Water. Works. Closets.

As always, one thing leads to another. This time it's the post from Gert Loveday's Fun With Books that highlights…

2 months ago

Life Itself

 One thing leads to another. How do you get from the Daily Poem in the Paris Review to a re-read…

3 months ago

The Hard Way

I received a book in the mail this week. Nothing unusual about that even though I do try to buy…

5 months ago

The Culinary Capers and Comic Catastrophes of Gerald Samper

It was the Gert Loveday review of Rancid Pansies (it’s an anagram) that set me off to read James Hamilton-Paterson’s…

9 months ago