The Lives of Margaret Fuller, Part Two
Previously in the Lives of Margaret Fuller, smart girl, no friends, becomes an admirer of Goethe, nearly dies of typhoid, …
Category Archives: Nonfiction
The Lives of Margaret Fuller, Part One
Several years ago when I had my Emerson project and read through all of his essays and then read a …
Moonwalking with Einstein
I picked up Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything at the library on a …
Nothing
How does one say something about nothing? I read a book about nothing, Nothing: A Very Short Introduction by Frank …
Can You Recommend . . . Science by Women?
For my 2012 reading endeavors I am thinking I’d like to read some nonfiction science books written by women. By …
The Great Food Migration
I’m reading Bill Bryson’s At Home on my commute and during my lunch break at work. I’m enjoying the book …
Describing the Fantastic
I’m slowly making my way through the essays in A New Literary History of America. When I say slowly, I …
The Information
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick took me forever to read. This is not because …
Feynman
In the mood for science? Biography? A graphic novel? Then you may want to read Feynman written by Jim Ottaviani …
Reality Hunger
Reality Hunger by David Shields is made up of 26 lettered chapters and 618 numbered paragraphs. It is Shields’ literary …
