A blog about reading and literature. Thoughts at the half way point of Stories and Prose Poems. So in the spirit of that the next book along comes from one of the modern greats Alexander Solzhenitsyn. One of the good things about short story collections is it provides a chance to get a wide flavor of a writers work. For the Good of the Cause. Those that do question it, the teachers and the children.

The agony and ecstasy of a reading life. Local independent publisher Graywolf Press is on a winning streak. Over the past several years they have been publishing some really fantastic stuff. They make me feel both proud and lucky to live in Minneapolis! One of their 2015 publications, The Argonauts. By Maggie Nelson is another winner. Nonfiction to be sure but not one of those books that fits into a neat category. I sent you the passage from. Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes.