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…

Reading³⁹⁶
Thinking¹⁹³
Literary events⁶⁵
Living⁴¹
The writing process³⁴
On the Holloway Road³¹
Published work²²
A Virtual Love¹⁴
Travel¹³
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Caroline on The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann: “I’m glad I didn’t read your review before posting mine. Now we have two very different approaches. It is true…” Nov 23, 12:56
David Schreiber on The Sense of an Ending, explained: “Is it too late to comment? I’ve just read the book and didn’t like it one bit, with its endless…” Nov 22, 10:24
wadholloway on Borges Marathon, Part 24: The End: “I like reading about other people’s experience of reading, even, as in this case I don’t know the author and…” Nov 22, 00:43
Stefanie on Borges Marathon, Part 24: The End: “Yeah, that’s a tough one! While it might not have had the same resonance without knowledge of the allusions, it…” Nov 21, 19:29
Andrew Blackman on Borges Marathon, Part 24: The End: “Yes, it’s difficult when we’re coming from a very different cultural context, isn’t it? So much of reading is about…” Nov 21, 15:33