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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Bean Klusendorf on Natives of My Person by George Lamming: “I don’t know this author and have read nothing from authors in Barbados, so thank you for introducing me to…” Jun 16, 02:17
Andrew Blackman on Natives of My Person by George Lamming: “Hi Silvia, Thanks for visiting! It’s funny how book titles lodge in your head, isn’t it? I read about books…” Jun 15, 17:43
Silvia Cachia on Natives of My Person by George Lamming: “Fascinating author for what you describe here. Since I haven’t read anything by him I would follow your recommendation. That…” Jun 15, 14:38
Andrew Blackman on Books I read in May 2026: “Me too! I didn’t read the description very carefully, so I didn’t realise it was so focused on her mother…” Jun 8, 10:41
Andrew Blackman on “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger: “Hey O, Thanks for commenting. I smiled at that last part: “the awkward 2nd hand embarrassment and evaluating of something…” Jun 8, 10:39