On Reading January 25th, 2018 @ 11:57 am PDT
Forever escaping
Redemption through Reading? May 12th, 2014 @ 7:07 am PDT
The regional government in Calabria, Italy, has approved a bill that would reduce prison sentences in exchange for reading books: For certain inmates, sentences would be cut three days per book. The bill will now go to the Italian Parliament. The bill was inspired by “Redemption Through Reading,” a similar program that’s been successful in […]
Happy Birthday, W. Somerset Maugham January 25th, 2014 @ 2:34 pm PDT
To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.” W. Somerset Maugham, January 25, 1874 – December 16, 1965
On Reading December 28th, 2013 @ 7:29 am PDT
“A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way.” Caroline Gordon
On Spenser November 18th, 2013 @ 8:07 am PDT
I will be chasing your starlight. August 1st, 2013 @ 8:05 am PDT
Reading and running
#FridayFive: Unread Books March 8th, 2013 @ 7:50 am PDT
Read the Friday Five …
The Offseason February 6th, 2013 @ 3:58 am PDT
I’ve been reading Gregg Easterbrook for more than fifteen years. He writes the Tuesday Morning Quarterback (TMQ) column for ESPN. (He has also written for Slate and The Atlantic Monthly, and many other publications. And he’s a very good author.) Every Tuesday morning during the NFL season, Easterbrook delivers incredibly detailed analysis of (almost) every […]
Across the River and into the Trees March 28th, 2012 @ 9:26 pm PDT
On reading Hemingway to my son
Small Vices May 31st, 2010 @ 6:16 pm PDT
Reading a book for the second time
