“I commute all sentences.” —from Don Delillo’s The Names (p.32) This is lifted from a paragraph where a father, after a…
A David Bowie of Literature?
Is there a David Bowie of literature?—such an asinine question, as dumb as asking, “Is there a Virginia Woolf of…
Best of 2011, Part 1
A few days ago, I reached out to writers and other artists across the country to provide me with a…
Best of 2010, Part 2
I spent a large part of today playing with my five-year-old daughter in the snow, and I’m thinking that might…
Thinking About Poets Writing Fiction
I finished reading Michael Hulse’s new translation of Rilke’s anguished novel The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge this past Valentine’s…
My Favorite Books from 2009 (in alphabetical order):
I’ve read over 120 books in 2009, and by the time the year is up I’ll have reviewed over fifty.…
My Four Favorite New Books of 2009, part 5: Other New Books That I Enjoyed in 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 There are still more! Alphabetically, then…
Eugene Lim’s Best of 2009
TOP THREE FOR OH NINE: My favorite book [besides Norman Lock’s SHADOWPLAY and Joanna Ruocco’s THE MOTHERING COVEN] was probably…