Thoughts on some of my recent reads...

James, Henry.

The Princess Casamassima; Penguin Classics, 1987.

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4/2026

Solnit, Rebecca.

Savage Dreams: A journey into the landscape wars of the American West; University of California Press, 2000.

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4/2026

Trevelyan, G.E.

William's Wife; Boiler House Press, 2023.

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3/2026

Killian, Kevin.

Fasination : Memoirs : Bedrooms have windows, Bachelors get lonely, Triangles in the sand; Semiotext(e), 2018.

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3/2026

Enard, Mathias. Charlotte Mandell, trans.

The Deserters; New Directions, 2025.

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3/2026

Malamud, Bernard.

The Natural; Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2003.

I bought a copy for my dad after we decided it's considered a contender for the best sports novel of all time. Everything about it was totally baffling. There's a character named Bump who dies after running into a wall during a baseball game.

3/2026

Levine Packer, Renee and Mary Jane Leach (eds.)

Gay Guerrilla: Julius Eastman and his music; University of Rochester Press, 2015.

I was trying to decide what piece(s) of music I'd like to do for my Olympic figure skating routine, and settled on "Stay on It," at least as the opening of a medley.

3/2026