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Jeffrey L Staley

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James by Percival Everett
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I loved the idea of this novel--"Huckleberry Finn" told from the point of view of "Jim." But I felt that the author was stretching at points to pull in every black history trope he could. Case in point: A Black man putting on "blackface" to present i ...more
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My wife and I listened to this book on a recent trip to Oregon. We thoroughly enjoyed it. The author's description of his economic plight, the process of learning rural mail routes, his character vignettes--all the while negotiating the effects of th ...more
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James by Percival Everett
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I loved the idea of this novel--"Huckleberry Finn" told from the point of view of "Jim." But I felt that the author was stretching at points to pull in every black history trope he could. Case in point: A Black man putting on "blackface" to present i ...more
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John & Paul by Ian   Leslie
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I grew up with the Beatles, having "discovered" them when the girls I was in love with (in 1964) at the tender age of 12, screamed every time they heard them on the radio. Recently I did a one week long "Beatles Pilgrimage Tour" which, among other th ...more
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The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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I recently decided that before I die, I need to read this book. So here I am. I took the two worst Literature professors at Wheaton College (1970-1973), and in neither course was this novel required.
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The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
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I do not remember precisely when I began this book. A friend recommended it to me, and I read a number of books between starting this book in 2024 and finishing it at the end of the year. I usually love Barbara Kingsolver's books, having read at leas ...more
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I suppose it is fitting that I finished "There There" the week N. Scott Momaday died. His "House Made of Dawn" introduced me to Native American literature in the 1990s. I loved Orange's play on Gertrude Stein's statement "There is no there there." It ...more
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I do not remember precisely when I began this book. A friend recommended it to me, and I read a number of books between starting this book in 2024 and finishing it at the end of the year. I usually love Barbara Kingsolver's books, having read at leas ...more
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