Nov
02
Here are the books, with Commentary, I’ve read and most admired in recent months, March-October 2023.
This Other Eden by Paul Harding, fiction
The Best of It. New and Selected Poems by Kay Ryan, poems.
A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis, reflections on death and loss
Just a Mother by Roy Jacobson, fiction
Sma…
Mar
17
Here are the books, with Commentary, I’ve read and most admired in recent months, July 2022-February 2023. The Commentary at the end of this post is “Taking Action for Housing-Insecure Students.”
Hearts Touched With Fire: How Great Leaders Are Made by David Gergen, nonfiction,
Coventry by Rachel Cusk, es…
Jul
14
Here are the books, with Commentary, I’ve read and most admired in recent months, January 22–June 2022. The Commentary at the end of this post is on book banning.
Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and The Trials of American Democracy by Jamie Raskin, memoir, history
The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves U…
Jan
19
Here are the books, with Commentary, I’ve read and most admired in recent months, June 2021–December 2021.
Home Made: A Story of Grief, Groceries, Showing Up—And What We Make When We Make Dinner by Liz Hauck, memoir
How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smit…
Jun
05
Here are the books, with Commentary, I’ve read and most admired in recent months, June 2021–December 2021.
Apeirogon by Colum McCann, fiction and nonfiction
Letters to a Young Writer by Colum McCann (rereading), advice to aspiring writers
A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America’s First All-Black Hi…