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Finally finished reading this extraordinary work wonderfully translated by Ryan Bloom.

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So People Know It’s Me by Francesca Maria Benvenuto

Trans. Elizabeth Harris. Pushkin Press. 2026. 128 pages.

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Currently re-reading for WIT month.

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Cesare Pavese

Summer with Steinbeck continues

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Currently reading.

My summer with Steinbeck continues.

I’ll be here if anyone is looking for me.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/4408 Wonderful.

East of Eden

Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley…

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www.goodreads.com/book/show/24.... A masterpiece.

The Possessed: A Play in Three Parts

Dostoevsky's work turned into a three-part play by Camu…

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Lives of the Saints

Fresh out of college in New England, a young woman retu…

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My favorite novel of 2026 so far. Wonderfully translated by Alexander E. Elinson.

The Fertility of Evil

A criminal investigation plumbs the seedy underbelly of…

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At last.

Current mood.

Today’s book mail.

“The world in general needs a different imagination at different times.” —Gertrude Stein

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Tonight’s reading.

Rereading more carefully this time

Brutus

Spending some time with Clarice.