Tiptree, James Jr. Her Smoke Rose Up Forever. San Francisco: Tachyon, 2004. Bought at amazon.com I read one of Tiptree’s short stories, “Houston, Houston, Do You Read?” about a year ago and loved it, and since then I’ve been looking for her (James Tiptree, Jr. is a pseudonym for Alice Sheldon) books in bookstores. SaltContinue reading “Book Acquired Recently: James Tiptree, Jr.’s Her Smoke Rose Up Forever”
Category Archives: Literature
New Bookends
Here is a pair of new bookends that I bought at a local vintage shop this past Friday. I love their languid elegance. The book being held up by the top bookend is Samuel R. Delany’s new novel, Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders, which I am super-excited to read. I read anContinue reading “New Bookends”
Blogging Again.
Welcome to my new blog! I’ve made several previous attempts at blogging that have been derailed for various reasons. The most recent, and most successful, which died due to technical difficulties, is here: http://www.anewyorkerinexile.blogspot.com/. But I’m paying for this one, and one would hope that this factor will give me extra motivation. This summer myContinue reading “Blogging Again.”
Daniel Shank Cruz 