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Tag Archives: Thornton Wilder
Rivers, Bubbles, and Streams of Literary Echoes
I have always loved The Eighth Day by Thornton Wilder, even citing it sometimes as the one book I would select for a desert isle book due to the way it encompasses multiple books and stories. Add in the richness … Continue reading
Posted in books, reading
Tagged A Little History of the World, E.H. Gombrich, The Eighth Day, Thornton Wilder
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Books Books Books
Last blog post, I wrote about words — writing about books follows naturally. See, I just completed a Facebook “7-Day Book Challenge” to list a book a day for a week that has influenced you deeply. Keeping it to seven … Continue reading
Posted in books
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Austin Kleon, Bud Shrake, Cat's Cradle, Dalton Trumbo, David Foster Wallace, Johnny Got His Gun, Ken Kesey, Kurt Vonnegut, Larry McMurtry, Malcolm Lowry, Robert Heinlein, Steal Like an Artist, Stranger in a Strange Land, The Doors of Perception, The Eighth Day, Thomas Pynchon, Thornton Wilder, Tom Robbins, Tom Wolfe, Under the Volcano
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When Once is Not Enough: Books to Re-read
The Japanese have a word for unread books — tsunduko. I wonder if they have another word for the stack of books you intend to re-read? Mind you, there are plenty enough books in the world I still need to … Continue reading
Posted in books, library, reading
Tagged Bud Shrake, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Larry McMurtry, Malcolm Lowry, Robert Heinlein, Thomas Pynchon, Thornton Wilder
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Unclog the Blog
My brain’s been bloated with thoughts, words and stories since before Thanksgiving. Afterwards, a kind of creative constipation overwhelmed me, as I thought through various blog entries. Time to get those creative juices flowing again, and so here I offer a spray of … Continue reading
Posted in art, blogging, books, love, storytelling
Tagged Jim Nelson, love story, Thornton Wilder, truck
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