In which I consider my current relationship with my National Book Award reading challenge, how my reading has evolved in the past six months, and what comes next.
I have so many thoughts but am glad you gave some thought and writing space to all the missing women -- the women who weren't published because they were ... women. I was also thinking that Nelson Algren had to have been affected and influenced by Simone de Beauvoir, the great French intellectual, as they had a very torrid love affair. Thanks for the wrap-up -- you are such a fantastic reader and writer and curator!
This is such a good wrap-up, and I loved the self-reflection. I appreciated that you provided the list at the end. The only one I’ve read is Invisible Man so good to know that was your favorite! In my early 20s I read a Saul Bellow book and have fuzzy recollection that I didn’t really know what was going on. I will check out both Bellow and Malamud.
How many books was it total?
I was wondering if you planned to continue into the 60s in the same chronological way or any ideas how you may change it up to reduce the burnout feeling?
I have so many thoughts but am glad you gave some thought and writing space to all the missing women -- the women who weren't published because they were ... women. I was also thinking that Nelson Algren had to have been affected and influenced by Simone de Beauvoir, the great French intellectual, as they had a very torrid love affair. Thanks for the wrap-up -- you are such a fantastic reader and writer and curator!
This is such a good wrap-up, and I loved the self-reflection. I appreciated that you provided the list at the end. The only one I’ve read is Invisible Man so good to know that was your favorite! In my early 20s I read a Saul Bellow book and have fuzzy recollection that I didn’t really know what was going on. I will check out both Bellow and Malamud.
How many books was it total?
I was wondering if you planned to continue into the 60s in the same chronological way or any ideas how you may change it up to reduce the burnout feeling?