Tag: books
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Fine, I’ll post about the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
NYT’s Best Books of the 21st Century is an impressive project and fun to nitpick. Plus NYT gift links so you can join the fun.
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Cecily Carver’s reading habits
“…make sure you always have a book on your person and, in moments when you would normally dick around on your phone, to open the book instead.”
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“Sometimes translation is almost like a session of free association.”
Human translators for literary work aren’t going anywhere soon
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“…the wages were decent, the customers wore suits, and the tips were sometimes obscene.”
An excerpt from Sarah Gilmartin’s new book Service in LitHub has sold me on the book
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136 Great American Novels
The Atlantic’s list of 136 Great American Novels. I’m at 43.
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Taste and Judgement
This post by Sara Hildreth introduced me to something new – W.H. Auden’s framework for thinking about books and criticising them. She’s not the first to write about it but she’s the one who introduced me to it. Basically, there are five ‘verdicts’ that a seasoned reader can arrive at after finishing a book: Hildreth…
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“…old wine in new bottles, not what Jesus ordered”
In a magazine called The Point, Scott Sherman interviews Edwin Frank. Frank is the editor of NYRB Classics, which just gave me the best surprise I’ve had in a long time. It’s a pretty highbrow piece — lots of the references went over my head, but if you’re a nerd for old books, it’s absolutely…
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Best of February — Books
The memorable books, short story and event from an unusually warm February.
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Don’t buy things from Amazon, volume ∞
David Goggins is doing the Lord’s work in taking on Amazon over counterfeit books.
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“Do you like art, fashion, NYC, punk rock, and sex? This book is for you.”
Kathleen Schmidt’s Substack is essential reading for book nerds, and today’s is particularly great.