tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post2973850484401507204..comments2024-03-28T14:22:37.153-07:00Comments on mole: ClimbingDalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-22488552306850412102017-08-23T16:23:34.456-07:002017-08-23T16:23:34.456-07:00Oh, thanks for telling me! It does help.
(If you ...Oh, thanks for telling me! It does help.<br /><br />(If you don't have wise things to say about writing, then who the hell does?)Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-65604914154585463022017-08-22T21:01:37.468-07:002017-08-22T21:01:37.468-07:00I don't know if this helps, but today I return...I don't know if this helps, but today I returned home after a week in the mountains to discover a package from France with a copy of your <i>Opening the World</i> inside. I've been reading your blog for three or four years now, and I wish it hadn't taken me so long to order your book, which looks intelligent and engaging and beautiful.<br /><br />Those early literary encounters make for wonderful memories, don't they? Readers who are willing to challenge themselves as they grow more sophisticated are sometimes successful in chasing some shadow of that same feeling later in life. (About writing, though, I have nothing wise to say!)<br />Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-20157611654724533842017-08-19T15:01:23.407-07:002017-08-19T15:01:23.407-07:00:-) Thank you! No, I haven't! You know, my rea...:-) Thank you! No, I haven't! You know, my reading sort of tails off with the accession of Edward VII.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-82928144510426307032017-08-19T14:36:54.826-07:002017-08-19T14:36:54.826-07:00Oh, and have you read Esther Hillesum's An Int...Oh, and have you read Esther Hillesum's <i>An Interrupted Life & Letters from Westerbork</i>? The first half is a selection from diaries she kept during the early 1940s; the second is what it says on the tin. It's often a difficult read, but one that's deeply relevant to the project of trying to be a real adult under current conditions.<br /><br />(Yes, I probably <i>could</i> make book recommendations all day, if you wanted. One of the benefits/downsides of a literary education, as you know. I'll stop now.)tatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05087502108232454738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-75024838391036431592017-08-19T14:18:29.081-07:002017-08-19T14:18:29.081-07:00Thank you! I'll look for them.Thank you! I'll look for them.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-45598823261685053792017-08-19T14:01:02.567-07:002017-08-19T14:01:02.567-07:00On that note: I'd recommend Gina Berriault'...On that note: I'd recommend Gina Berriault's <i>Women in Their Beds</i>, if you can find a copy. Or something of Jim Shepard's; I'm fond of <i>You Think That's Bad</i>, myself.tatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05087502108232454738noreply@blogger.com