Monthly Archives: July 2025

Reading Well: White Out by Michael Clune

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Part Proustian memoir, part recovery narrative, Michael Clune‘s White Out (2013) was gifted to me due to its similarity in topic and tone to Denis Johnson‘s masterful short-story collection Jesus’ Son. There is a struggle at the center of many … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison

Posted on July 9, 2025 by Daniel (@MKNN)

I’m quickly becoming a Katherine Addison fan, having thoroughly enjoyed both The Goblin Emperor and its two psuedo-sequels, The Witness for the Dead and The Grief of Stones. Those lead me to her 2020 novel, The Angel of the Crows. … Continue reading →

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Listen/Here: SPIN by Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Welcome to installment #2 of Listen/Here. As a reminder, I’m picking randomly from recently purchased albums and writing short reviews, modeled, somewhat, on the Reading Well posts. Today, we’re listening to SPIN, a 2024 release from Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin (spelled … Continue reading →

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