Ending one of our summer programs at Brazos always leaves me with a bittersweet feeling. For the past few years, we have dedicated the entirety of summer to one author/artist—Marcel Proust in 2014, William...
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FeaturesAug 15th 2017It is about that time when we begin to look ahead to the next year! We start looking at the calendars and planners that we want to use (and are hoping that we actually will use). Each year I would look at planners...
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FeaturesAug 1st 2017When I first moved to Texas, I had a lot of assumptions. As a born-and-bred New Englander, it was hard for me to understand that lots of things drive people to Texas. It’s not just the cliché reasons, tied to notions...
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Homegoing follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast to the plantations of Mississippi, from the American Civil War to Jazz Age Harlem. Yaa Gyasi's extraordinary novel illuminates slavery's troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed--and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.
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Indonesian author Kurniawan switches gears after the epic realism of his acclaimed BEAUTY IS A WOUND with the best action-packed crime comedy about murder for hire and male impotence you'll read this year! A traumatized hitman and his near-invincible gangster girlfriend are just trying to live and love on the mean streets, but can they escape the pull of the underworld? This book is a blast and a half!
This brief essay by the inimitable essayist Mary Ruefle is a profound and witty meditation on the imagination. Invoking history, the Bible, and an unmistakeable wit, Ruefle explains why the imagination is so valuable.
Full disclosure: Lawrence is my buddy from MFA school days--but even if he weren’t, I’d be wild about his debut book of smartypants essays with heart. Lawrence writes vividly about personal history, pets--including, um, improper acts with dogs--and Greek mythology, all with pathos and humor. This is the work of a brilliant mind, one that explores the world in surprising and inventive ways.
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I absolutely loved this new speculative novel from Karen Tidbeck. In a world where objects are dependent on being spoken into solidity (literally; forget to re-label a suitcase and it will turn to mush), a bureaucratic colony worker discovers her own desire for abstraction and unsureness. Much like China Miéville's EMBASSYTOWN and THE CITY & THE CITY, or Renee Gladman's Ravicka Trilogy, Tidbeck forms a plot out of the inadequacies and subjectivities of language, creating new possibilities for both the environment and the characters.
Don't be put off by this book's theoretical linguistic themes or Science Fiction designation. AMATKA is a serious plot-driven mystery/adventure. The characters are immediately subtle but personable, the story is invigorating, and the landscape isn't too far off from our own to feel endeared to.
Especially in a political space such as ours, it seems fitting to spend time with a book that so experimentally digs into what objectivity, truth, and individuality are (and could possibly be).
The 33 1/3 series is a wonderful collection of various writers (some professional, some amateur) writing about a particular album that has made a significant impact on popular music as well as their own lives. The books vary in style. The one for Master of Reality by John Darnielle (lead singer of The Mountain Goats) is the only one written as a novella.
Written from the perspective of a troubled teen undergoing rehab after contemplating suicide, this tale unfolds as a series of journal entries. As the main character tries to explain to his therapist why Black Sabbath's Master of Reality is so important to him, the reader gains insight into what makes this record so special. The story is funny, incisive, and heart wrenching, ultimately accomplishing what the 33 1/3 series sets out to do; showing us how certain records can take on significant meaning in our lives. That an album can be so much more than a simple series of songs.
Quips & Quotes
Reading rebels against the managed world of information and the chaotic world of data. Reading is meaning.
-- Jeanette Winterson