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Wind, Sand and Stars

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

Wind, Sand and Stars is a work of nonfiction by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and translated by Lewis Galantiere, © Reynal & Hitchcock 1939

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Bewilderment

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

Bewilderment is a collection of poems and translations by David Ferry, © University of Chicago Press 2012

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As I Lay Dying

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

As I Lay Dying is a novel by William Faulkner, © 1930 (This edition: © Vintage International 1990) The rest of “Nothing Left” for those who are interested.

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Open City

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

Open City is a novel by Teju Cole, © Random House 2011 You hadn’t heard about Cormac’s Olivetti? Check it out.

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The Marriage Plot

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

The Marriage Plot is a novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, © Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2011 And if you’re curious about Roland Barthes, here’s more on A Lover’s Discourse.

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The Tragedy of Arthur

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

The Tragedy of Arthur is a novel by Arthur Phillips, © Random House 2011 If I piqued your interest on Bloom’s ideas, here’s a link to the Google Books result for Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human.

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Reading Ulysses

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

Ulysses is a novel by James Joyce. First published in Paris in 1922, it’s now in the public domain but I read the Wordsworth Classics edition published in 2010. I should note that this video is something a little different … Continue reading →

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