Dawn Reader
A blog about books--about writing--about readers and reading--about teaching.
Saturday, October 16, 2021
“In spite of all the learned have said ...”
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Philip Freneau Philip Freneau (1752-1852) was a journalist and poet in the early years our country was forming. And, oh, by the way, I once ...
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Writers Who Disappear
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The evanescence of popular writers is the damndest thing. And as I’ve galloped toward senescence, I’ve seen it occur, over and over in my ...
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Middle Child
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The new novel by Jonathan Franzen— Crossroads —arrived the other day, and I’ve dived into it. (I generally love his work.) So far—I’ve re...
Sunday, October 10, 2021
“One’s Erring Fingers”
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I’ve started reading my way through some of the novels by Dawn Powell in the two Library of America editions edited by my FB friend Tim...
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Discouraging Word
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The other day my Merriam-Webster page-a-day calendar put up a word I didn’t really want to see: senescence = the state of being old : the...
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Vaccine
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Yesterday morning Joyce drove me over to a nearby CVS to get the Pfizer booster for Covid. I had registered online and had an appointment ti...
Monday, October 4, 2021
Some Sundry Things
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I've had a number of things flick across my mind recently, none worth an entire post—but all worth mentioning. First ... I was thinking...
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