We’ll close out the year with this thought from the late Bart Giamatti, courtesy of my Collegian pal-turned-Facebook friend Pat Johnson:
It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then [...]
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October 11, 2009
Red Sox Quote of the Day, 2009 vol. 3 (near-annual heartbreak edition)
October 10, 2009
Red Sox Quote of the Day, 2009 vol. 2 (Hail Mary edition)
“I made a couple of mistakes in a situation where you can’t make mistakes” — Josh Beckett
Yep, when I fell asleep going into the seventh inning last night, our ace was still on form. Maybe the problem is my falling asleep. That won’t happen at tomorrow’s game, I hope.
My gut tells me this is the [...]
October 8, 2009
Red Sox Quote of the Day, 2009 vol. 1
Yes, it’s that time of year when I pay attention to my blog again, increase my stats with confused Red Sox fans searching for quotes who somehow find themselves on a mostly literary blog — and celebrate the continuing renaissance of the world’s greatest baseball team. Or at least my favorite.
We’ll start this one out [...]
October 7, 2009
Mantel wins!
The Man Booker Prize was announced yesterday and — huzzah! — the winner was Hilary Mantel for her most recent novel Wolf Hall. Which I haven’t read yet but am looking forward to mightily because 1) It’s set in the Tudor era (the protagonist is Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s righthand man for a good [...]
February 18, 2009
A reading list
A couple weeks ago my friend Erin asked me for some book recommendations. Since I don’t really know her taste in reading matter, I made a wide ranging and long list of everything I like that I could remember offhand. Since I haven’t posted anything here in awhile (curse you, Facebook!) I figured I might [...]
December 18, 2008
Looking for a place to stay in DC for the inauguration?
Here’s a way to get a place in Washington for the inauguration — and support the Monroe County Library at the same time! Just received this email from Christopher at Voltaire Books:
Give the gift of history this holiday season.
The owners of Voltaire Books are auctioning off their guest room in Washington, DC, for a lucky [...]
December 9, 2008
I’m baaaack.
Yes, yes I’ve been neglecting the blog. So sue me. Or cut my blog pay in half. Does that feel better? Besides you should really use this blog the same way I do — as a handy set of links to the more responsible bloggers in the blogroll.
That said, I have been reading — [...]
November 10, 2008
It’s Book Fair Time!!!!
Yes, it’s that time of year — Miami Book Fair time! I don’t make it to this event every year but I always regret it when I don’t. For avid readers, it’s an amazing opportunity to hear all kinds of writers, including old favorites and new discoveries, live and in person and at an insanely [...]
October 15, 2008
Historical fiction … it’s hot!
This year’s National Book Award nominees have been announced — and an astounding three out of five in the fiction category are panelists who will be appearing at the Key West Literary Seminar in January. Wow. Peter Mathiessen, Marilynne Robinson and relative newcomer Rachel Kushner all made the short list. That’s impressive. And there are [...]
October 15, 2008
Red Sox Quote of the Day, vol. 6 (Please Dice-K, Please! Edition)
This is from a nice tribute to Red Sox manager Tito Francona from a former player, Doug Glanville, in a New York Times op-ed piece. The nice guy may not finish first this year but he’s certainly turned things around at Fenway … and it’s nice to see the Sox finally achieve success this way, [...]
