Category Archives: Literature

Books 2009

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Anne

Amazon.com Widgets These are the books I read this year. Six thousand nine hundred and sixty one pages of bookish goodness, in order of recommendation (within each category)… Fiction: Netherland by Joseph O’Neill The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by … Continue reading →

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Excerpting

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Anne

“I’m not the dancing kind,” I said.  “You’ve always known that.” “You danced at our wedding,” she answered immediately.  “You were fine.  You did that little shuffle thing with your feet.” “She looked stricken; and I suppose, since I am … Continue reading →

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Reading Fool

Posted on September 23, 2007 by Anne

I’ve been too busy reading to write recently. The New York Public Library system is so absolutely fantastic that it delivers an endless stream of books for me to read. The problem is… they have due dates. So there’s actually … Continue reading →

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It’s a Wonderful Life

Posted on August 10, 2007 by Anne

Harvard professor Tal Ben-Shahar was on the Daily Show this week promoting his book “Happier” – a book about positive psychology. Given that my psychology recently seems to suffer from a lack of positive, I was thinking of spending some … Continue reading →

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Stormy Fate

Posted on May 23, 2007 by Anne

“Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing direction. You change direction, but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just … Continue reading →

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A Poem on the Subway

Posted on February 7, 2007 by Anne

A Little Tooth by Thomas Lux Your baby grows a tooth, then two, and four, and five, then she wants some meat directly from the bone. It’s all over: she’ll learn some words, she’ll fall in love with cretins, dolts, … Continue reading →

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Look Alikes and Think Alikes

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Anne

Went to see I Was Tom Cruise on Monday evening. Funny little play about an average Joe who meets Tom Cruise and things get crazy. The play itself was decent, but really it was the spot-on Tom Cruise portrayal that … Continue reading →

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These Are My Books

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Anne

Faced with the task of deciding which books to keep (and move) and which books to leave behind, I decided I’d start a catalog of sorts. LibraryThing is a cool resource and really I just love looking at my catalog … Continue reading →

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Talent Scouting

Posted on January 14, 2006 by Anne

Sometimes I’m amazed by people’s talent. While I think there are plenty of things that I do well, I’m not sure there’s anything that I’m amazingly good at. I think my talent-envy is mostly confined to artistically oriented persons. I’m … Continue reading →

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Five non-fiction wonders

Posted on January 19, 2005 by Anne

My top 5 favorite nonfiction books: The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman White Bears and Other Unwanted Thoughts by Daniel Wegner Controlling Human Heredity … Continue reading →

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