Reading

Finished reading: Stealing for the Sky, by Adam Roberts. A terrific brief SF thriller — fast-paced, to be sure, but as always with Adam, there’s much more going on than might first appear. I hope there’ll be at least one sequel. And I hope I can figure out why one minor character is named Stanley Cavell. 📚

Nov 28, 2022 ∞

Currently reading: Murray Talks Music: Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues by Albert Murray 📚

Nov 27, 2022 ∞

Currently reading: Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie as told to Albert Murray 📚

Nov 24, 2022 ∞

Finished reading: Trading Twelves: The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray: What a brilliant and delightful correspondence (which ended when Murray moved to Harlem, a few blocks from Ellison, making it unnecessary for them to write — their gain, our loss). 📚

Nov 21, 2022 ∞

Currently reading: Albert Murray: Collected Essays & Memoirs by Albert Murray 📚

Nov 20, 2022 ∞

Currently reading: Trading Twelves: The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray 📚

Nov 17, 2022 ∞

Currently reading: The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison 📚

(Decided to save Solzhenitsyn for later)

Nov 15, 2022 ∞

Welp, I’m going in. If you don’t hear from me in a month, call the FBI, or a priest. 📚

Nov 14, 2022 ∞

Finished reading: The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne. Somewhat disappointing; the author died before the book was altogether complete, and left some organizational confusion. But the subject could scarcely be more fascinating. 📚

Nov 14, 2022 ∞

Currently reading: The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne 📚

Nov 13, 2022 ∞

Currently reading: Trading Twelves: The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray by Ralph Ellison 📚

Nov 12, 2022 ∞

Currently reading: The Complete Short Novels by Антон Павлович Чехов 📚