I’m assuming that some of us are self-quarantining. Other than bubble baths, facial masks, watching football, & sex (with yourself or someone else if you’re lucky), what can you do? Well, read, of course, or reread. You have time for big books. Some suggestions. Add yours.
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I'm reading Daśa Drndić's (she needs more vowels) Belladonna, a wonderfully dense novel dealing with an older man recalling the major events of European history in the last century. Recalls Sebald, Magris, and Tokarczuk.
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My next book (I hope) is a reread of Leaves of Grass. Why? Because I want to remind myself that America can be great. Whitman made it so!
When was the last time you reread Anna Karenina, Brothers Karamazov, Miłosz's or Bishop's Collected Poems?
Quarantine and read!
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Spend more time tinkering with your hobbies, I made a prototype for a new idea last night.
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Taking a random swim through Deleuze and Guattari's _A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia_. Ought to keep me busy for a few days.
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I'm still stuck in the middle of "Cancer Ward." It's great, but I just couldn't complete reading it so far.
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I’m reading Christopher Logues’ War Music now — the complete, posthumous edition. It’s so good I can’t stand it. I think you’d love it, too.
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I reread The Iliad a couple of years ago, so I've been thinking about Logue. It always sounded a bit weird to me, but then hey, I like good weird.
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I can always re-read anything by Thomas (not Tom) Wolfe for the magnifent language. I'm currently re-reading Danielewsky's 'House of Leaves' for its sheer imaginativeness. If I knew I wasn't going anywhere for a LONG time, I might give Alan Moore's 'Jerusalem' another try.
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I'm trying to keep my cool by rereading The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff.
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Laurie Garrett's The Coming Plague is a good one. It's not escapism, but lots of good historical information and what to expect.
For fun, I've been watching Columbo.
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