Kalo Posted September 27, 2005 Report Posted September 27, 2005 Only a couple pages left of Herzog on Herzog. Been really enjoying this series of late. Last one I read was Trier on Von Trier and next will likely be Cassavetes on Cassavetes. That is, once I plow through all the Herzog films I've been reading about... ← Von Trier, Cassevetes, and Herzog. All in a row. Are you some kind of cinemasochist, Brandon? ("Plough through" isn't exactly the most spritely of adjectives to apply to a voluntary project -- or are you being coerced in some way?) Quote
paul secor Posted October 9, 2005 Report Posted October 9, 2005 Leonardo Padura Fuentes: Adios Hemingway - a novel about Cuba, Ernest Hemingway, writing, loyalty, and friendship, (and probably some other things I didn't pick up on) in the guise of a murder mystery. Quote
Kalo Posted October 9, 2005 Report Posted October 9, 2005 Just finished: Hellfire -- Nick Tosches (Jerry Lee Lewis Bio) Now reading: Geoffrey O'Brien -- Sonata for Jukebox: Pop Music, Memory, and the Imagined Life Quote
EKE BBB Posted October 9, 2005 Report Posted October 9, 2005 That devilin´ tune: A jazz history, 1900-1950 by our fellow member Allen Lowe. Quote
ghost of miles Posted October 10, 2005 Author Report Posted October 10, 2005 Just finished Robert Stone's A FLAG FOR SUNRISE yesterday and started in on THE AGE OF DOUBT: AMERICAN THOUGHT AND CULTURE IN THE 1940s, by William Graebner. Quote
pasta Posted October 10, 2005 Report Posted October 10, 2005 Fun With Your New Head- Thomas Disch Quote
BruceH Posted October 11, 2005 Report Posted October 11, 2005 Now reading: Geoffrey O'Brien -- Sonata for Jukebox: Pop Music, Memory, and the Imagined Life ← Any good? Quote
jlhoots Posted October 11, 2005 Report Posted October 11, 2005 Just finished Robert Stone's A FLAG FOR SUNRISE yesterday and started in on THE AGE OF DOUBT: AMERICAN THOUGHT AND CULTURE IN THE 1940s, by William Graebner. ← A Flag For Sunrise is a great book. If you haven't read Damascus Gate you should (IMHO). I just started Luis Alberto Urrea: The Hummingbird's Daughter. Quote
ghost of miles Posted October 11, 2005 Author Report Posted October 11, 2005 Just finished Robert Stone's A FLAG FOR SUNRISE yesterday and started in on THE AGE OF DOUBT: AMERICAN THOUGHT AND CULTURE IN THE 1940s, by William Graebner. ← A Flag For Sunrise is a great book. If you haven't read Damascus Gate you should (IMHO). ← I picked up a used hardback several years ago, but haven't gotten around to reading it yet... it's next on my R. Stone list (I'm a big fan of DOG SOLDIERS). Quote
Kalo Posted October 12, 2005 Report Posted October 12, 2005 Now reading: Geoffrey O'Brien -- Sonata for Jukebox: Pop Music, Memory, and the Imagined Life ← Any good? ← Good so far. It seems like it's going to alternate his pop music reviews from NYRB with reminiscences of growing up in the 50s and 60s as part of a musical family: grandfather former dance-band leader, father NY top 40 DJ, one brother a Classical fanatic, the other a bebop aficionado. I'll let you know how it goes. Quote
Chalupa Posted October 12, 2005 Report Posted October 12, 2005 (edited) Just finished "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn. 700 pages but it still felt like he just skimmed the surface, especially from WWII to the present. Interesting prespective from someone on the far left of the dial. I just started "Freakonomics" last night. Pretty good so far. Here's a link http://www.freakonomics.com/ for anything by Robert Stone. Edited October 12, 2005 by Chalupa Quote
ghost of miles Posted October 13, 2005 Author Report Posted October 13, 2005 Joan Didion, THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING. Quote
Harold_Z Posted October 13, 2005 Report Posted October 13, 2005 What a great book ! I'm revisiting this after many years. I first read it around 1964 or 1965. I had never heard of Vonnegut and thought I was buying a sci-fi novel. When I got to the end I said to myself "What the hell was that !" and immediatel reread it. Quote
ghost of miles Posted October 16, 2005 Author Report Posted October 16, 2005 I love having the weekends off now--I can actually spend Saturday reading an entire book. Mona Z. Smith, BECOMING SOMETHING: THE STORY OF CANADA LEE. Quote
jazzbo Posted October 16, 2005 Report Posted October 16, 2005 Harold, I barely remember that book, time for me to reread it soon as well. Great cover! (Never saw THAT cover before!) Quote
jazzbo Posted October 16, 2005 Report Posted October 16, 2005 I'm rereading "Lonesome Traveler" by Jack Kerouac, after reading through the recent "Bob Dylan Scrapbook." Quote
alankin Posted October 17, 2005 Report Posted October 17, 2005 (edited) Michael Wex - Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All Its Moods (St Martin's Press) Edited October 17, 2005 by alankin Quote
Kalo Posted October 17, 2005 Report Posted October 17, 2005 Speaking of kvetching, now reading this for my book group: Philip Roth -- Zuckerman Bound: A Trilogy & Epilogue (Contains the novels The Ghost Writer, Zuckerman Unbound, and The Anatomy Lesson, along with the story "The Prague Orgy.") Quote
alankin Posted October 17, 2005 Report Posted October 17, 2005 Speaking of Roth, I read his "The Plot Against America" earlier this year -- pretty good. Quote
medjuck Posted October 18, 2005 Report Posted October 18, 2005 Michael Wex - Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All Its Moods (St Martin's Press) ← And speaking of Yiddish i just read "Outwitting History" by the guy who started the Yiddish Book Center. Quote
Harold_Z Posted October 18, 2005 Report Posted October 18, 2005 Harold, I barely remember that book, time for me to reread it soon as well. Great cover! (Never saw THAT cover before!) ← Yeah...I dig that cover 'cause it shows how Vonnegut was marketed in his earlier days. I'm actually rereading from a slightly later edition ($1.25) with a purple cover and slightly less trashy look that was the second copy I bought ( the first either fell apart or I lent it to someone). Quote
BruceH Posted October 19, 2005 Report Posted October 19, 2005 Harold, I barely remember that book, time for me to reread it soon as well. Great cover! (Never saw THAT cover before!) ← Yeah...I dig that cover 'cause it shows how Vonnegut was marketed in his earlier days. I'm actually rereading from a slightly later edition ($1.25) with a purple cover and slightly less trashy look that was the second copy I bought ( the first either fell apart or I lent it to someone). ← I remember the purple-cover edition: That's the one I read in high school! The cover was still trashy enough for me to try to hide it when walking through the halls. Quote
jazzbo Posted October 19, 2005 Report Posted October 19, 2005 Fork, it wasn't just Vonnegut that was marketed that way. . .nearly all science fiction and fantasy was! Quote
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