return and report Archive

  • Return and Report: The Sense of an Ending

    Posted on April 10, 2012 | 9 Comments
    What was the line Adrian used to quote? 'History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.'

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  • Return and Report: Chatterton Square

    Posted on November 8, 2011 | 4 Comments
     “She’s pretty, but it’s much more than that. What is it?” she asked in innocent inquiry. “I think it must be because she’s so full of life, but not fussily, not noisily. She seems to have some secret way of enjoying every minute. She doesn’t […]

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  • Return and Report: The Murakami Edition

    Posted on July 19, 2011 | 14 Comments
    Four novels later, I find myself firmly in the critical admirers' camp.

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  • Return and Report: A Visit From the Goon Squad

    Posted on May 24, 2011 | 5 Comments
    Welcome  back to Return and Report,  a segment on Stacks where I give brief reports on what I’ve been reading or listening to lately. Today’s edition will feature an amazing book, which was  was on my to do list for this year. “Time’s a goon, […]

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  • Return and Report

    Posted on March 15, 2011 | 10 Comments
    Welcome to a new segment on Stacks where I give brief reports on what I’ve been reading or listening to lately. Today’s edition will feature four novels I’ve read in the last month, including one that was on my to do list for this year. […]

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