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jfbBooks I read recently, or have finally given up believing I will someday read. I may change my mind about giving up a few of these.
Molly Bang, Picture This. The illustrator explains "how pictures work". Excellent.
Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. The classic book on American urbanism.
Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show. The classic book on Texas ruralism.
Julian Dibbell, My Tiny Life. The classic book on LambdaMOO.
John Berger, Photocopies. Very short stories.
Clem Fiori, The Vanishing New Jersey Landscape. Black-and-white nature photographs.
James Thurber, Credos and Curios. Late work.
Salman Rushdie, East, West. Stories.
Julian Barnes, A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters. Stories?
Al Burian, Burn Collector #12. Well-written zine about living in Chicago.
Kathleen Norris (ed.), Leaving New York: Writers Look Back. Anthology featuring Didion, Dylan, Fitzgerald, Wolfe, James, Kincaid, Capote, et al.
Rick Moody, The Black Veil. "A Memoir with Digressions" about, uh, a bad time in his life I guess.
McSweeney's #4. This is the one where the stories were bound separately, with cover art chosen by each author. Authors include Lethem, Moody, Murakami, Saunders, and Denis Johnson.
Molly Bang, Picture This. The illustrator explains "how pictures work". Excellent.
Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. The classic book on American urbanism.
Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show. The classic book on Texas ruralism.
Julian Dibbell, My Tiny Life. The classic book on LambdaMOO.
John Berger, Photocopies. Very short stories.
Clem Fiori, The Vanishing New Jersey Landscape. Black-and-white nature photographs.
James Thurber, Credos and Curios. Late work.
Salman Rushdie, East, West. Stories.
Julian Barnes, A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters. Stories?
Al Burian, Burn Collector #12. Well-written zine about living in Chicago.
Kathleen Norris (ed.), Leaving New York: Writers Look Back. Anthology featuring Didion, Dylan, Fitzgerald, Wolfe, James, Kincaid, Capote, et al.
Rick Moody, The Black Veil. "A Memoir with Digressions" about, uh, a bad time in his life I guess.
McSweeney's #4. This is the one where the stories were bound separately, with cover art chosen by each author. Authors include Lethem, Moody, Murakami, Saunders, and Denis Johnson.
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Date: 2005-09-28 12:20 am (UTC)It only just now occurs to me that I should have had you sign my copy of My Tiny Life or something. I don't need another copy, though.
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Date: 2005-09-30 01:22 am (UTC)I'll have to figure out when I can be up in SF. It might be short notice, I don't know how flexible your schedule is.
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Date: 2005-09-28 12:58 am (UTC)And... Oh, hell with it. I've never read it. I'll take the Dibbell, too.
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Date: 2005-09-29 06:54 pm (UTC)Rats again
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