I’ve had Mississippi writers on my mind recently, as I’m finally getting around to reading a biography of William Faulkner, who is endlessly fascinating, and in the wake of the brilliant Sing, Unburied, Sing. Mississippi has birthed some of the…
The last couple of weeks have been a long, hard slog. Work took me to Berlin and to Paris, both, of course, glorious locations, though I mainly saw the interiors of our meetings and hotel rooms. Arrived home Wednesday, limp…
Today I had to wear a jacket to the market. Autumn is in the air! And it could not have come sooner for me. We have, for the first time in the nearly 7 years I have lived here, had…
I am reading a superb book, Daily Rituals: How Artists Work. I’ve only gotten through about 20 pages, and am already astonished by what makes people tick–by which I mean coffee, sugar, alcohol, amphetamines, and sleeping pills! Highly recommended so…
Goodreads | Faith McLellan’s review of Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity.
Goodreads | Faith McLellan’s review of The Expats.
Goodreads | Faith McLellan’s review of Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure.
Goodreads | Faith McLellan’s review of The Grand Surprise: The Journals of Leo Lerman.
‘Going Clear,’ Lawrence Wright’s Book on Scientology – NYTimes.com. Genius.
Goodreads | Faith McLellan’s review of Listening for Madeleine: A Portrait of Madeleine L’Engle in Many Voices.