Category: Korean War

Mostly History

Posted on June 25, 2021 by

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I’ve decided that I’d like to devote my reading time this summer to biography and history. In the last few years, I’ve read a lot of history, particularly “people’s history” or “revisionist” history—you know, those things that are typically left out of traditional education… Continue Reading “Mostly History”

Category: Albert Einstein, Biography, Don Mee Choi, Joan Didion, Korean War, Leonardo da Vinci, LGBT, LGBTQ History, Michael Bronski, Poetry, Tracy Daugherty, Walter Isaacson

Thoughts: The Moviegoer (1961) by Walker Percy

Posted on February 20, 2015 by

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The Moviegoer (1961) by Walker Percy Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 Nowadays when a person lives somewhere, in a neighborhood, the place is not certified for him. More than likely he will live there sadly and the emptiness which is inside him will… Continue Reading “Thoughts: The Moviegoer (1961) by Walker Percy”

Category: 2015 TBR Pile Challenge, Book Review, Classics, Fiction, Korean War, Literature, Southern Lit, Walker Percy

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