White Trash by Nancy Isenberg – a book review
A review of White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg which I read with great interest earlier in the month.
Reviews
Reviews of books, films, exhibitions, performances etc, and my Reading Diary. Read Other Folk’s Flowers for more details or scroll down.
At the sign of the Alchemist – a reading diary
At the sign of the Alchemist – a new Reading Diary entry: reading strategies, Nostromo by Joseph Conrad, Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, Yarden by Kristian Lundberg, White Trash Nancy Isenberg. And two double macchiatos.
A farewell to Ursula K Le Guin 1929-2018
Ursula K Le Guin has died at the age of 88. Some thoughts and memories associated with a lifetime of reading her work. Illustrated with an attempted digital drawing of her as a young and old woman with the map of Earthsea – arguably her greatest creation.
The Red Stone Gallery and the Art Round in Majorna
The Art Round in Majorna (Konstrunden i Majorna) 2017 is the 20th in series. There’s something I find very attractive about visiting artists’ studios. Fuel for my pipe dreams. At the same time it’s inspiring to meet artists surrounded by their work and talk with them about their art.
From Putin to Martin in 13 stages – a reading quarter
My quarterly reading round-up – all the books I’ve read in the first quarter of 2017 from Putin via Patti Smith and Jonas Hassan Khemiri to George RR Martin.
William Klein: 5 Cities – a photo exhibition at Botanique
The William Klein “5 Cities” exhibition at the Botanique gallery, central Brussels. No photography of the photography, they said, but you can take pictures to show how the photos are hung. So I did.
All the books of 2016 – Part 2
All the books I read in 2016 as I kept my New Year resolution. This article is Part 2 of 2. The second half of the year – but more books than in Part 1. I think I was getting into the swing of things. (Also re-reading which usually makes for a quicker read.)
All the books of 2016 (part 1)
All the books I read in 2016 as I kept my New Year resolution. This article is part 1 of 2 because I managed to read more than the 50 books that was my target, and I’ve got something to say something about each of them.
New York Stories
New York Stories, the people who tell them.and the photographer who reports. A review of a photo-book that recently seduced me in a bookshop.
On Reading and the Art of Giving Up – a reading diary entry
In this instalment of my Reading Diary: how to begin a book, how to give it a chance, why giving up is an option – and an analysis of one book I gave up on.