Hello America by J.G. Ballard
Some time ago I went to a favorite used bookstore and there were many of Ballard’s books being sold in new editions and I bought several of the ones I hadn’t read. ‘Hello America’ is one of them. I am more a fan of the…
The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.
While this is very much a story of plantation life mostly from the perspective of slaves, it is the two male slaves very much in love which centers and focuses the heart and integrity of the action. As a gay man, I chose to read…
frank: sonnets by dance seuss
Messy, painful, honest, funny, profound, mystical, lowdown are what comes to mind with this book of poetry. That they are ‘sonnets’ seems useful only in that it gives each of them a consistent form that helps one poem to flow into the next. Yes they…
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
This book has been on my priority reading list for a long time and finally I tackled it. This is really three books; one on antisemitism, another on imperialism and the final and most relevant on totalitarianism. There are many wonderful insights and she provide…
The Art of Mesoamerica by Mary Ellen Miller
This volume is part of a series of art from around the world and through history. This one focuses particularly on the Mayan period with some Aztec art thrown in at the end. They are a few things that attract me right now to this…
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