Does “my youngest daughter’s college application essays” count? Arguably, as this one is my creative writer, they may well qualify — she’s a published poet!
As far as novels are concerned, my eldest (GenZ) daughter and I have a tradition of reading a book aloud together — no matter how long it takes us living in different cities. It took all of 2022 to piecemeal our way through A Confederacy of Dunces. It was my second time as it will be with our current book, Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities. I highly recommend inter-generational reading.
My nightstand reading this year starts with The Grey Lady Winked (2021) How The NYT’s Misreporting, Distortions and Fabrications Radically Alter History (reaching back to the beginning of WW2.)
I am glad to see that Harrison has a new book out--I enjoyed his first two. I'm also looking forward to Doyle's biography, having read this past year his collection of essays, "A Long Song of River." Thanks for this list.
A great list--will be mining it this year. Thanks, Jessica! And since you asked us to share, I'm happy to: The Old Faith in a New Nation: American Protestants and the Christian Past comes out this month with OUP.
Hi Jessica, I'm a new subscriber (directed from Haley Stewart's substack) and I have a question about the Brian Doyle bio - the link took me to the Lit Press website and I saw some works authored by him there but not the biography of him. Do you know if it's available for preorder elsewhere? Thank you!
Does “my youngest daughter’s college application essays” count? Arguably, as this one is my creative writer, they may well qualify — she’s a published poet!
As far as novels are concerned, my eldest (GenZ) daughter and I have a tradition of reading a book aloud together — no matter how long it takes us living in different cities. It took all of 2022 to piecemeal our way through A Confederacy of Dunces. It was my second time as it will be with our current book, Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities. I highly recommend inter-generational reading.
My nightstand reading this year starts with The Grey Lady Winked (2021) How The NYT’s Misreporting, Distortions and Fabrications Radically Alter History (reaching back to the beginning of WW2.)
I am glad to see that Harrison has a new book out--I enjoyed his first two. I'm also looking forward to Doyle's biography, having read this past year his collection of essays, "A Long Song of River." Thanks for this list.
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Just added several to my planned reading list. Thank you!
A great list--will be mining it this year. Thanks, Jessica! And since you asked us to share, I'm happy to: The Old Faith in a New Nation: American Protestants and the Christian Past comes out this month with OUP.
Thanks for sharing! Congratulations!
Hi Jessica, I'm a new subscriber (directed from Haley Stewart's substack) and I have a question about the Brian Doyle bio - the link took me to the Lit Press website and I saw some works authored by him there but not the biography of him. Do you know if it's available for preorder elsewhere? Thank you!
Oh no, I can't see it anymore either. You should contact my friend Shemaiah, the author, and see what happened. https://www.shemaiahgonzalez.com/blog/2022/6/28/pre-order-my-brian-doyle-biography