The latest Facebook fad is listing 15 things that will “always stick with you.” One that interested me enough to participate was “15 books.”
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
1984 by George Orwell
Till We Have Faces by C.S. [...]
Mark Twain wrote in 1869, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” Truer words could not be said today. For me, a nation’s museums encapsulate its own culture but also take visitors beyond the country’s borders, helping one understand the shared connections and fascinating differences between all people. In museums, I feel connected not [...]
Recent book purchases:
Matthew Arnold: The Portable Matthew Arnold
Wendell Berry: The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry
Robert Bly: Eating the Honey of Words
Billy Collins: The Trouble with Poetry
Emily Dickinson: Collected Poems
Kilala Kitamoto: LEGO book museum Vol. 1
W.S. Merwin: Selected Poems
William Stafford: The Way It Is
William Stafford: Writing the Australian Crawl
David Wagoner: Dry Sun, Dry Wind (First Edition)
I’m reasonably confident that I can count on two fingers the people who are even aware that this blog exists, so I haven’t really been taking the time to keep it current. But that doesn’t mean my literary life hasn’t been busy over the last six months. Andrew-Becraft.com really isn’t my top priority, I’ll admit, [...]
