Monthly Archives: October 2024

Reading Well: Everybody’s Autobiography by Gertrude Stein

Posted on October 25, 2024 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Well. I mean, who am I to comment on Gertrude Stein, right? The wildly inventive mother of modernism, the wellspring of so much of modern American poetry (and painting, and dance, and sculpture, and …). Stein’s Everybody’s Autobiography was published … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: Children of Time, Children of Ruin, & Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Adrian Tchaikovsky‘s hefty trilogy, totaling well over 1,500 pages, begins with Children of Time (2015), continues in Children of Ruin (2019), and concludes in Children of Memory (2023). It’s brilliant. And it ain’t for everyone. There is a tradition in … Continue reading →

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