October 2020 - Andrew Blackman

The writing process

October 2020 Reading Roundup

Here's a quick roundup of some good books I read this month, featuring Jorge Luis Borges, Anne Tyler and more.

Reading

The Heart of the Race: Black Women’s Lives in Britain

The Heart of the Race is a classic of Black British women’s history. First published in 1985, the book filled in large…

Reading³⁸²
Thinking¹⁹³
Literary events⁶⁵
Living⁴¹
The writing process³⁴
On the Holloway Road³¹
Published work²²
A Virtual Love¹⁴
Travel¹³
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Andrew Blackman on Borges Marathon, Part 20: The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero: “Oh, thanks for the recommendation! Sounds like a wonderful book. It’s interesting that there’s a chapter on Borges even though…” Jun 26, 10:12
Marcie McCauley on Borges Marathon, Part 20: The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero: “I must have read this story, but I didn’t remember that they were the same person! (Maybe I will become…” Jun 25, 19:00
Andrew Blackman on The Reality of Anti-Fascism: “Yes, I suppose this was written shortly after the storming of the Capitol, which at the time I naively assumed…” Jun 25, 18:23
Gus Gonzalez on Man on Pink Corner: Borges Marathon, Part 8: “Borges takes the raw violence of a knife fight and turns it into a meditation on cowardice, performance, and myth-making.…” Jun 24, 21:54
Emma on The Reality of Anti-Fascism: “Written four years ago. How things have changed since this billet. We were in denial that the Agent Orange could…” Jun 23, 20:52