July 2020 - Andrew Blackman

Reading

Children of the Cave: A Fascinating Finnish Novel of Ideas

In Children of the Cave, Finnish writer Virve Sammalkorpi imagines an encounter between a group of explorers and some strange creatures living in a…

Thinking

No, I Don’t Have the Bandwidth Right Now

Something is very wrong with the English language. People have started asking me if I have the “bandwidth” to work on new…

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Gary Pask on Vigil by George Saunders: “Excellent review! Convinced me to buy it on release date. And someday I’ll probably reread “Lincoln In The Bardo”. Thanks!” Dec 16, 21:59
Stefanie on Vigil by George Saunders: “I hadn’t heard that Saunders had a new book. Sounds intense and infuriating. I’ve not actually read him other than…” Dec 15, 20:56
Bean Klus on Vigil by George Saunders: “This looks good, and also hard to stomach. The arrogant, condescending fossil fuel CEO seems like he could be any/all…” Dec 15, 13:13
Andrew Blackman on Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos: “Hi Robert, Belated thanks for this comment, which I somehow missed back in the summer. Janet’s recent contribution alerted me…” Dec 13, 17:47
Andrew Blackman on Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos: “Hi Janet, Thanks for your comment. It’s interesting that you mentioned the U.S.A. trilogy because I’ve been thinking of reading…” Dec 13, 17:45