Katya ReimannMay 27, 20221 minBookshelfLife BookshelfIt's May. I've written these words before: 'I spend a lot of time thinking about books, writing, and what it means for an artist to have...
Katya ReimannApr 23, 20222 minBookshelfUkrainian BookshelfIt's Saturday, April 23, as I'm writing this. There are still Ukrainians holding out in the steel plant in the ruins of Mariupol. In...
Katya ReimannNov 6, 20193 minBookshelfFrances Carpenter, Distinguished FolkloristI am disgusted by Wikipedia's entry. Largely because I have been trying to find a book which I think is called Tales of a Persian...
Katya ReimannOct 24, 20181 minBookshelfReceived in the MailI ordered it about a week back. My childhood copy had gone missing. I love Paul Gallico's writing. He's probably known best these days...
Time & placeSometimes it's about when you read some piece of writing that it becomes totemic. Sometimes it's just the writing. "The past," he...
Life BookshelfIt's May. I've written these words before: 'I spend a lot of time thinking about books, writing, and what it means for an artist to have...
What mighty fraud diverts our souls from deeds of honor? No doubt I have made errors in transliteration, but here is a lovely piece by the Italian poet Petronilla Paolini Massimi (1663-1728), as...