All the parts of my life. I am trying to hold in one steady glance. All the parts of my life. Sunday, January 4, 2015. My favorite books of 2014. This was a slightly disappointing reading year, in that I only read about 35 books. Part of this is because I participated in NaNoWriMo.

Reading, Writing, and Finding Meaning in the Nothing. Make no mistake, my friend, your pointless life will end, but before you go, can you look at the truth? You have a lovely singing voice. Monday, August 25, 2014. Haddon, you might remember, is the author of the highly acclaimed The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.

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The Oldest Jokes in the World. About what other subjects can one make jokes except serious subjects? About Me and Where to Find My Work. Why Did Kerouac Cross the Road? 8211; On The Divide Between Spontaneous Wit and Prepared Humor. Field Trips with Exceptional People by Andrew Bode-Lang. Field Trips with Exceptional People. Click this link to order this gorgeous, handmade chapbook.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014. After thirty years of loneliness, the dreamer packed up his belongings and spent his savings on a house in the countryside, far away from most civilization with a luxury bed and breakfast as its intent, and so he set about this new life of pastoral simplicity, through eight months he renovated this hermitage by himself. That is, when the hotel was at last full he set it ablaze, giving berth to the gas-filled tubes for fear they might pop. Thursday, May 29, 2014.

A remote Siberian town with a darkly fascinating history teems with life in this luminous linked debut collection. Is an education in how history is routed, refracted, and reconciled inside the human heart. Mdash; Anthony Marra, author of the bestselling and award-winning. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena. Mdash; Laura van den Berg, author of.