Monthly Archives: February 2016

(von) Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. The Sorrows of Young Werther. (Original) Weygand’sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 1774 (revised 1787). Read as Oxford World’s Classics, translation from German by David Constantine, electronic version downloaded for Kindle. F; 2/16. Reading this early romantic novel, I … Continue reading →

Davis, Lydia. The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York. 2009. F; 1/16. There is a reason this author is famous and well-regarded: at the top of her game she’s wonderful. But in continually trying out experimental approaches with … Continue reading →