Bechdel, Alison. Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama. 2012. Boston: Mariner, 2013. I will be teaching Bechdel’s book about her father, Fun Home, in one of my classes this fall, and as preparation for this I acquired Are You My Mother?, which is her book about her mother. If it is even half asContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
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Book Acquired Recently: Mary McCarthy’s The Group
McCarthy, Mary. The Group. Orlando: Harvest, 1989. I just won this book in a raffle at the Utica Public Library. I haven’t read any of McCarthy’s work before, but the raffle ticket was free with my purchase at a local coffeehouse. The novel’s blurb is an enticing one, and apparently it is scandalous enough thatContinue reading “Book Acquired Recently: Mary McCarthy’s The Group”
Magazine Acquired Recently: Baseball Cards, April 1990
My favorite hobby as a boy was collecting baseball cards, and in my infinite nerdiness–present even then–my first-ever magazine subscription was in 1990 to the now-defunct Baseball Cards magazine. I have been unable to ascertain when Baseball Cards stopped publication, though a safe guess is that the major mid-1990s sports card market crash caused itsContinue reading “Magazine Acquired Recently: Baseball Cards, April 1990”
Book Acquired Recently: Roger Bernard Smith’s did music die
Smith, Roger Bernard. did music die. Denver: Tiger’s Eye, 2014. I just bought this book at the Tramontane Cafe in Utica. Smith is an acquaintance of mine who reads regularly at the Tram’s Thursday night open mic poetry readings. It is always a pleasure to buy a book by someone you know! I haven’t beenContinue reading “Book Acquired Recently: Roger Bernard Smith’s did music die”
Books Acquired Recently: World Cup Edition
As a long-time soccer fan, I am currently experiencing a major bout of World Cup fever, and the only prescription… is more soccer books! Davies, Pete. All Played Out: The Full Story of Italia ’90. 1990. London: Mandarin, 1991. As I mentioned in a recent post, I have a lot of nostalgia for the 1990Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently: World Cup Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Oyer, John S., and Robert S. Kreider. Mirror of the Martyrs. Intercourse: Good, 1990. I bought this book to use in my continuing research on the Martyrs Mirror. My research of late has been especially focused on the illustrations by Jan Luyken, which are one of the main subjects of Oyer and Kreider’s book. Santos-Febres,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: Strand Edition
Yesterday I once again visited my favorite place in the world, the Strand Bookstore at 12th and Broadway in Manhattan. I was recently remarking to a friend how when I lived within walking distance of the Strand about a decade ago it always seemed like I would go there and there would be a bookContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Strand Edition”
Book Acquired Recently: Roller Girls Love Bobby Knight
Hampton, Michael Wayne. Roller Girls Love Bobby Knight. Oregon: Artistically Declined, 2014. A pre-order advertisement for this book showed up in my Facebook feed a few months ago, and I ordered it because I loved the title, and I also like to support small independent publishers (Artistically Declined Press’s website is here; I must sayContinue reading “Book Acquired Recently: Roller Girls Love Bobby Knight”
Book Acquired Recently: A Room With A View
Forster, E.M. A Room With A View. 1908. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2005. I bought this book this morning at a friend’s recommendation and tore through it, finishing it in several hours. It is a lovely book because of Forster’s smooth prose. He is like a less pretentious Oscar Wilde. The novel’s easy, wittyContinue reading “Book Acquired Recently: A Room With A View”
Books Acquired Recently: Sports Edition
Lions, Bernard. 1000 Football Shirts: The Colours of the Beautiful Game. 2013. New York: Universe, 2014. One thing I love about football (i.e., soccer) are the uniforms, and I have also been obsessing about the sport even more than usual lately because of the upcoming World Cup, so when I found out about this bookContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Sports Edition”
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