From the bookshelf: June 2025
It is my intention to read five books each month. See what made the cut in June.
All posts filed under: Recommended Readings
The Copernicus of baseball
As a splendid new biography shows, they broke the mold with Earl Weaver.
Return to the beginning
Returning to read the first in the Inspector Armand Gamache mystery series.
Juneteenth: An American story
“On Juneteenth” is a short but important work, which we do well to consider on this day and every day.
Prisoners of their own secrets
A novel that blends history in Old Edinburgh with a well-crafted crime story of blackmail and murder.
A compass, not a manual
“Continuity of memory tells us we are both descendants and ancestors.”
From the bookshelf: May 2025
It is my intention to read five books each month. See what made the cut in May.
The many forms of love
Stoner has been described as “the greatest American novel you’ve never read.”
Architecture, disability, and modern culture
Influential moments when designers engaged the embodied experiences of people with disabilities.
Reimagining perspective and agency
A brilliant reimagining of an American classic opens the world to us in a completely new way.
MORE TO COME... 