Edward “Eddy” Baker Lincoln …city lilacs release their sweet, wild perfume then bow down, heavy with rain. –by Helen Dunmore, from ‘City Lilacs’, From Abraham’s Journal February,1850 Dreaming three-year-old Eddy’s cough wakes me. My feet can never find their slippers. Padding quickly to his room I notice again it is drafty, no matter how high…
Tag: George Saunders
Book Review — Tenth of December by George Saunders
I first became aware of George Saunders when I saw him on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as a guest. I admit the guy impressed me with his easy-going demeanor mixed with his sharp intelligence. My awareness of him coupled with his presentation on the show motivated me to seek out one of his…
Book Review — Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders
“His mind was freshly inclined toward sorrow; toward the fact that the world was full of sorrow; that everyone labored under some burden of sorrow; that all were suffering; that whatever way one took in this world, one must try to remember that all were suffering (none content; all wronged, neglected, overlooked, misunderstood), and therefore…
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