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Category Archives: Reading
A Bookstore is Gone, Long Live the Books! Part 10-The Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writing in English
A local used bookstore recently closed after 25 years. They had a fantastic going-out-of-business sale. While part of me feels “guilty” for taking advantage of their sad circumstances, the rest (and logical) part of me knows that they needed to sell as many books as possible. Through these books, a bit of their entrepreneurial and intellectual spirit will live on. With that idea in mind, I’m doing a limited-run series where I’ll spotlight each of the volumes I “adopted” from this sweet little shop. Shine on, you bookish gems!
Today’s selection? The Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writing in English by Lorna Sage.
The Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writing in English
DETAILS:
- TITLE: THE CAMBRIDGE GUIDE TO WOMEN’S WRITING IN ENGLISH
- AUTHOR: LORNA SAGE
- PUBLISHED: 1999
- CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
WHY I BOUGHT IT:
A reference book dedicated to (English-language) women writers? Sign. Me. Up. One can never own too many books by and about women writers.
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Philip Roth on the Best Readers
“Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.”–Philip Roth
A Bookstore is Gone, Long Live the Books! Part 7-Wide Sargasso Sea
A local used bookstore recently closed after 25 years. They had a fantastic going-out-of-business sale. While part of me feels “guilty” for taking advantage of their sad circumstances, the rest (and logical) part of me knows that they needed to sell as many books as possible. Through these books, a bit of their entrepreneurial and intellectual spirit will live on. With that idea in mind, I’m doing a limited-run series where I’ll spotlight each of the volumes I “adopted” from this sweet little shop. Shine on, you bookish gems!
Today’s selection? Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys.
Wide Sargasso Sea
DETAILS:
- TITLE: WIDE SARGASSO SEA
- AUTHOR: JEAN RHYS
- INTRODUCTION: FRANCIS WYNDHAM
- YEAR PUBLISHED:1966/FIRST PUBLISHED AS A NORTON PAPERBACK IN 1982
- W.W. NORTON & COMPANY
Markings
WHY I BOUGHT IT:
I didn’t have a copy of this short novel in my collection, and the price was, of course, right. Nothing deeper than that.
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A Bookstore is Gone, Long Live the Books! Part 6-Eugene O’Neill: Beyond Mourning and Tragedy
A local used bookstore recently closed after 25 years. They had a fantastic going-out-of-business sale. While part of me feels “guilty” for taking advantage of their sad circumstances, the rest (and logical) part of me knows that they needed to sell as many books as possible. Through these books, a bit of their entrepreneurial and intellectual spirit will live on. With that idea in mind, I’m doing a limited-run series where I’ll spotlight each of the volumes I “adopted” from this sweet little shop. Shine on, you bookish gems!
Today’s selection? Eugene O’Neill: Beyond Mourning and Tragedy.
Eugene O’Neill: Beyond Mourning and Tragedy
DETAILS:
- TITLE: EUGENE O’NEILL: BEYOND MOURNING AND TRAGEDY
- AUTHOR: STEPHEN A. BLACK
- YEAR PUBLISHED: 1999
- YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
WHY I BOUGHT IT:
I collect books about dead writers. And Eugene O’Neill was, well, Eugene O’Neill. ‘Nuff said.
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A Bookstore is Gone, Long Live the Books! Part 5-Gene Autry and the Redwood Pirates
A local used bookstore recently closed after 25 years. They had a fantastic going-out-of-business sale. While part of me feels “guilty” for taking advantage of their sad circumstances, the rest (and logical) part of me knows that they needed to sell as many books as possible. Through these books, a bit of their entrepreneurial and intellectual spirit will live on. With that idea in mind, I’m doing a limited-run series where I’ll spotlight each of the volumes I “adopted” from this sweet little shop. Shine on, you bookish gems!
Today’s selection? Gene Autry and the Redwood Pirates.
Gene Autry and the Redwood Pirates
DETAILS:
- TITLE: GENE AUTRY AND THE REDWOOD PIRATES
- AUTHOR: BOB HAMILTON
- ILLUSTRATOR: ERWIN L. HESS
- YEAR PUBLISHED: 1946
- WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
- “AN ORIGINAL STORY FEATURING GENE AUTRY FAMOUS MOTION PICTURE STAR AS THE HERO”
- AUTHORIZED EDITION
Gene and baddie
Dedication
WHY I BOUGHT IT:
Look. at. the. title. Who could resist this book? Not this gal! I collect “novels” based on 1960s television shows (Dr. Kildare, The Patty Duke Show, etc.); this is just another, earlier, iteration of that concept.
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A Bookstore is Gone, Long Live the Books! Part 4-Boswell’s London Journal
A local used bookstore recently closed after 25 years. They had a fantastic going-out-of-business sale. While part of me feels “guilty” for taking advantage of their sad circumstances, the rest (and logical) part of me knows that they needed to sell as many books as possible. Through these books, a bit of their entrepreneurial and intellectual spirit will live on. With that idea in mind, I’m doing a limited-run series where I’ll spotlight each of the volumes I “adopted” from this sweet little shop. Shine on, you bookish gems!
Today’s selection? Boswell’s London Journal.
Boswell’s London Journal
DETAILS:
- TITLE: BOSWELL’S LONDON JOURNAL 1762-1763
- AUTHOR: JAMES BOSWELL
- YEAR PUBLISHED: 1950
- MCGRAW-HILL PUBLISHING/YALE UNIVERSITY
- PREFACE: CHRISTOPHER MORLEY
- “NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT”
WHY I BOUGHT IT:
James Boswell? Check. 18th-century London? Check. Journal? Check. Interesting jacket painting? Check.
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Edmund Wilson on Reading
“No two persons ever read the same book.”–Edmund Wilson
(Still a favorite quote of mine.)
A Bookstore is Gone, Long Live the Books! Part 2–A Literary Chronicle: 1920-1950 by Edmund Wilson
A local used bookstore recently closed after 25 years. They had a fantastic going-out-of-business sale. While part of me feels “guilty” for taking advantage of their sad circumstances, the rest (and logical) part of me knows that they needed to sell as many books as possible. Through these books, a bit of their entrepreneurial and intellectual spirit will live on. With that idea in mind, I’m doing a limited-run series where I’ll spotlight each of the volumes I “adopted” from this sweet little shop. Shine on, you bookish gems!
Today’s selection? A Literary Chronicle: 1920-1950 by Edmund Wilson.
A Literary Chronicle: 1920-1950 by Edmund Wilson
DETAILS:
- TITLE: THE LITERARY CHRONICLE: 1920-1950
- AUTHOR: EDMUND WILSON
- YEAR PUBLISHED: 1956
- DOUBLEDAY ANCHOR BOOKS
- COVER AND TYPOGRAPHY: EDWARD GOREY
- SHOUT-OUT TO “CHARLES D. KLAPP,” WHO OWNED THIS COPY IN 1957. THANKS FOR WRITING YOUR NAME IN THE BOOK!
WHY I BOUGHT IT:
I like Edmund Wilson, sue me. I don’t always agree with his pronouncements (far from it), but I appreciate his style. The elegant cover (by my beloved Edward Gorey!) makes this book a beautiful visual addition to my collection.
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Stendhal on a Good Book
“A good book is an event in my life.”-Stendhal, The Red and the Black
