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It‘s Sunday.Sometimes I treat myself!

Oh go on then.

Sarraute was born Natacha Tserniak in tsarist Russia to assimilated, upwardly mobile Jewish parents who spoke Russian and French, not Yiddish. Her father, Ilya, a loving figure of stability in her life, was a chemist who owned a dye factory in Ivanovo-Voznesensk, northeast of Moscow, This was an industrial area that saw some of the first workers‘ strikes... Living in Paris years later, Ilya played chess with Lenin and Trotsky in the Café du Lion.

I was at a local branch right at opening time this morning to pick up the tagged book, so yeah I definitely use my library. Although I do purchase a lot of books, I don't have the budget (nor the space) to buy every book I'm interested in. Plus, several locations have hosted unforgettable author events! A few highlights: Yaa Gyasi, Terry Tempest Williams, Stacy Schiff, George Saunders the week after winning the Booker.

Dear Editor,
Enclosed you will find my missive regarding one of the greatest questions of our time: the best short stories ever written...

I‘m going to attempt the full #NYTtopten2022
Several of these were already on my radar or on hold.
Just listened to Rachel Avis‘s Strangers to Ourselves and it was great! May make my top of the year list as well.

#PoetryMatters Day 15: #Death or dying. 💕 Louise Gluck is 💕

This is James Baldwin, reviewing Langston Hughes in *1956*. Plus ça change, plus c‘est la même chose.

My second #bookspin book, a library book. I checked this out on a whim and read it in bits. It's a pretty interesting historical record. I especially enjoyed the reviews of all the “trashy“ books and writers, like Jackie Collins, because the reviewers wrote with such relish.