Category Archives: Am reading

Another quick recommendation

Posted on May 13, 2022 by Lizzie Ross

Hernán Díaz, In the Distance (2017) and Trust (2022) Hernán Díaz’s latest novel, Trust, is the May selection for the NYPL/WNYC Virtual Book Club, which aims to get New Yorkers reading (and, obviously, discussing) new books. I heard an interview … Continue reading →

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A quick recommendation

Posted on April 25, 2022 by Lizzie Ross

Edmund de Waal, The Hare with Amber Eyes (2010), The White Road (2015), and Letters to Camondo (2021). A gift from a good friend, The Hare with Amber Eyes arrived as I was working slowly through Marcel Proust’s In Search … Continue reading →

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ULYSSES+ Quarterly Report

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Lizzie Ross

NYC has had its usual share of rainy weather since the start of the year, which means that I’ve been making good progress on my ULYSSES+ project. In just 3 months, I’ve read 5 of the 12 books-published-in-1922 chosen as … Continue reading →

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Orwell in view

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Lizzie Ross

Remind me never to buy roses from any vendor other than the farmer who grew them. In Orwell’s Roses, Rebecca Solnit’s 2021 biography and appreciation of George Orwell, she devotes a chapter of the book to her visit to a … Continue reading →

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ULYSSES+

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Lizzie Ross

You may already know that 2022 is the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses, which I first read about 50 years ago, while a senior at university. The professor organized the class so that we read a … Continue reading →

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January brings the snow

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Lizzie Ross

“January brings the snow, / Makes our feet and fingers glow.” Sara Coleridge Perhaps I’m pushing the theme a bit, placing a gorgeous illumination from Les Trés Riches Heures de Duc de Berry next to a couplet from the daughter … Continue reading →

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Testing the water

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Lizzie Ross

Yes, it’s been a while. But I think I’ve licked my case of the “don’t-wants” (as in “I don’t want to …”), and I’m ready to take this thing on again. 2020 and 2021 were years for reading widely and … Continue reading →

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Banned Books Week 2021, 7th day

Posted on October 2, 2021 by Lizzie Ross

This is it, the last day of BBW2021. I hope you’ve learned something new here, or at least found a new source of information that deepens your understanding of something familiar. Today’s link in this week honoring the Right to … Continue reading →

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Banned Books Week 2021, 6th day

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Lizzie Ross

Today, a quiz. In 2019, the New York Public Library added a Banned Books Quiz to its website, and it’s still available two years later. Only 7 questions, so any trivia fiend can probably finish it in under a minute. … Continue reading →

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Banned Books Week 2021, 5th day

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Lizzie Ross

Today, if you’re an English teacher (or know one), this post is for you. The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) has an Intellectual Freedom Center. Fighting censorship since the days of McCarthy, NCTE supports teachers at all levels … Continue reading →

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