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Author Archives: J. Davis
Please forgive me if you got (temporarily) swamped with comment notifications!
Hello Dear Readers! I just now figured out how to manage my comments in a way that (I think) will keep the spam at bay. I’ve had them basically turned off since I started this blog but have now gone … Continue reading
Reading Statistics for 2019
It’s time to review my reading for the last year and see how I did with respect to my goals of reading widely outside of the Western White Male Canon (WWMC). While reviewing some publishing statistics, I realized that the … Continue reading
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu; Published by Providence Press
Like it should, the Tao Te Ching arrived exactly when I needed it. The Tao helped me get through a really rough patch of my life: a dissolving marriage, unbelievable animosity and accusations, and stressful negotiation of parental rights through … Continue reading
Posted in Fine Press Book Reviews
Tagged Literature in Translation, Philosophy, Providence Press
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen; Published by Thornwillow Press
Despite its reputation, somehow Pride and Prejudice remained unread for the first fifty years of my reading life. I’ve read some of her contemporaneous authors and classics but this one escaped my widely-cast net for one reason or the other. … Continue reading
Pedro Parámo by Juan Rulfo; Published by Arion Press
I guess a book resonates with you if you have a dream about being in the town that is the setting of the book. A couple of days after my last reading of Pedro Páramo, I was in Comala, a … Continue reading
Moon as Bright as Water; Published by Chester River Press
As a reader more than a collector, I’m blessed that I enjoy poetry as much as I do. For poetry readers, there is much more reading available in private press books than, say, a reader of novels or other lengthy … Continue reading
Posted in Fine Press Book Reviews
Tagged Chad Pastotnik, Chester River Press, Jim Dissette, Poetry
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Dante’s Inferno; Published by Thornwillow Press
“Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita mi ritrovai per una selva oscura…” “…Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself in a dark wilderness.” So begins Dante’s Inferno, the first in the trilogy that makes up The … Continue reading
Bartleby the Scrivenor; Published by Indulgence Press
Ah Bartleby! That most enigmatic scrivener who brought us the famous phrase “I prefer not to.” Bartleby is another interesting and strange character from the pen of Herman Melville, who seemed to have a knack for creating them.