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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Stefanie on Books I read in October 2026: “Excellent October reading! I have The Outcast and Growth of the Soil on my perpetual TBR. Maybe I will get…” Nov 6, 20:34
Mark Waller on Sisters in Yellow by Mieko Kawakami: “I found that the very plain style was punctuated by brief passages of great beauty and poignancy that had the…” Nov 6, 15:34
BuriedInPrint on Books I read in October 2026: “What a scholarly month you’ve had! I’ve thought about reading Ovid, but find it intimidating (I’m not sure why, whether…” Nov 5, 20:06
Andrew Blackman on Books I read in October 2026: “Haha, I remember what’s it like reading Proust. I’ll take that as your default answer for the foreseeable future! The…” Nov 3, 13:40
wadholloway on Books I read in October 2026: “I am reading Proust which is the answer to the question What are you reading in 2026-27? rather than what…” Nov 3, 10:38