Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Noodling

Noodling for Flatheads by Burkhard Bilger (Scribner)—what a killer book, and his essays are amazing too. Find them. Stick your fingers into murky holes and see what bites. Oh, get ‘em while they’re hot—anyone want a couple of Burmese Pythons? After the last big storm, somehow, a three babies (only a couple of feet long) ended up in the bird bath.  

Friday, July 31, 2009

Done & Good

Black Sabbatical by Brett Eugene Ralph (Sarabande)

The Lost Origins of the Essay edited by John D’ Agata (Graywolf)

The Forever War by Dexter Filkins (Vintage)

Tin House #40—10th Anniversary Issue

Minor Miracles; A Family Matter; Life on Another Planet by Will Eisner (Norton)