skip to main | skip to sidebar

Light reading

"Too much traffic"

Saturday, December 17, 2005

Other good things in the Guardian

Maya Jaggi on Ursula K. LeGuin and her school for wizards; James Campbell remembers interviewing John Fowles as a student in the early 70s.
Posted by Jenny Davidson at 2:58 PM
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest

No comments:

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
View mobile version
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

About Me

My photo
Jenny Davidson
I have published four novels and four books of literary criticism; I'm currently at work on a book called FOR THE LOVE OF BROKEN THINGS: MY FATHER, EDWARD GIBBON AND THE RUINS OF ROME. I teach in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
View my complete profile

A few pieces

  • A snippet of the style book
  • The missing notes for chapter six
  • A Magic Circle playlist
  • My daily read (Chronicle of Higher Ed, June 2012)
  • "Guided by the Lit" (Bookforum, summer 2011)
  • "Species of Spaces" (The Believer, Aug. 2006)
  • "The Other Amazon" (Clarkesworld, Dec. 2006)

Books

  • Reading Style: A Life in Sentences
  • Breeding: A Partial History of the Eighteenth Century (read the introduction here)
  • Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness: Manners and Morals from Locke to Austen
  • The Magic Circle
  • Invisible Things
  • The Explosionist
  • Heredity

My other blogs

  • Triaspirational
  • The Explosionist

Blog Archive

  • ►  2021 (8)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ►  March (3)
    • ►  February (1)
  • ►  2020 (31)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  May (4)
    • ►  April (14)
    • ►  March (10)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2019 (14)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  August (2)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  May (4)
    • ►  March (1)
    • ►  February (1)
    • ►  January (3)
  • ►  2018 (6)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (3)
    • ►  October (2)
  • ►  2017 (16)
    • ►  October (3)
    • ►  July (5)
    • ►  June (3)
    • ►  April (4)
    • ►  February (1)
  • ►  2016 (58)
    • ►  December (3)
    • ►  November (4)
    • ►  October (3)
    • ►  September (5)
    • ►  August (8)
    • ►  June (6)
    • ►  May (4)
    • ►  April (2)
    • ►  March (5)
    • ►  February (5)
    • ►  January (13)
  • ►  2015 (167)
    • ►  December (12)
    • ►  November (14)
    • ►  October (18)
    • ►  September (12)
    • ►  August (18)
    • ►  July (11)
    • ►  June (13)
    • ►  May (14)
    • ►  April (11)
    • ►  March (20)
    • ►  February (8)
    • ►  January (16)
  • ►  2014 (278)
    • ►  December (19)
    • ►  November (18)
    • ►  October (17)
    • ►  September (22)
    • ►  August (22)
    • ►  July (21)
    • ►  June (27)
    • ►  May (24)
    • ►  April (38)
    • ►  March (27)
    • ►  February (18)
    • ►  January (25)
  • ►  2013 (284)
    • ►  December (26)
    • ►  November (23)
    • ►  October (37)
    • ►  September (16)
    • ►  August (27)
    • ►  July (16)
    • ►  June (17)
    • ►  May (25)
    • ►  April (26)
    • ►  March (26)
    • ►  February (20)
    • ►  January (25)
  • ►  2012 (292)
    • ►  December (31)
    • ►  November (22)
    • ►  October (14)
    • ►  September (33)
    • ►  August (30)
    • ►  July (39)
    • ►  June (20)
    • ►  May (17)
    • ►  April (23)
    • ►  March (17)
    • ►  February (27)
    • ►  January (19)
  • ►  2011 (373)
    • ►  December (32)
    • ►  November (19)
    • ►  October (28)
    • ►  September (29)
    • ►  August (31)
    • ►  July (31)
    • ►  June (20)
    • ►  May (22)
    • ►  April (33)
    • ►  March (34)
    • ►  February (29)
    • ►  January (65)
  • ►  2010 (389)
    • ►  December (46)
    • ►  November (30)
    • ►  October (35)
    • ►  September (26)
    • ►  August (39)
    • ►  July (19)
    • ►  June (17)
    • ►  May (40)
    • ►  April (30)
    • ►  March (40)
    • ►  February (29)
    • ►  January (38)
  • ►  2009 (553)
    • ►  December (29)
    • ►  November (42)
    • ►  October (46)
    • ►  September (46)
    • ►  August (63)
    • ►  July (42)
    • ►  June (49)
    • ►  May (33)
    • ►  April (52)
    • ►  March (44)
    • ►  February (42)
    • ►  January (65)
  • ►  2008 (621)
    • ►  December (48)
    • ►  November (45)
    • ►  October (50)
    • ►  September (45)
    • ►  August (47)
    • ►  July (63)
    • ►  June (52)
    • ►  May (48)
    • ►  April (51)
    • ►  March (60)
    • ►  February (48)
    • ►  January (64)
  • ►  2007 (775)
    • ►  December (62)
    • ►  November (76)
    • ►  October (79)
    • ►  September (80)
    • ►  August (99)
    • ►  July (75)
    • ►  June (69)
    • ►  May (51)
    • ►  April (37)
    • ►  March (50)
    • ►  February (33)
    • ►  January (64)
  • ►  2006 (676)
    • ►  December (42)
    • ►  November (40)
    • ►  October (57)
    • ►  September (66)
    • ►  August (56)
    • ►  July (77)
    • ►  June (58)
    • ►  May (49)
    • ►  April (70)
    • ►  March (62)
    • ►  February (48)
    • ►  January (51)
  • ▼  2005 (397)
    • ▼  December (44)
      • Last post for 2005!
      • Denunciations
      • The Mutter Museum in Philadelphia
      • Sherlock Holmes on acid
      • Funniest thing I've seen all week
      • Oh, this book about reindeer
      • The four-things meme
      • Manstealing for Fat Girls
      • Robert Sapolsky is one of my favorite writers
      • Of Tesla coils and transit strikes
      • Things I really must do before I die
      • So I have a piece
      • Reading for pleasure
      • Fifteen things about books
      • Other good things in the Guardian
      • Harold Bloom
      • James Hynes reviews the NYRB reissue of 'D'Aulaire...
      • Philadelphia noir
      • Morbid medical
      • The blog that's been covering issues surrounding t...
      • There's a very decent article
      • There's a rather fabulously good
      • Two excellent books
      • An interesting list
      • The NYT once again
      • I'm not sure what I think
      • Another novel to look out for--preorder it from Am...
      • Some novels really transport you elsewhere
      • Turkish delight
      • Life in the world can’t be so bleak (a.k.a. Best B...
      • RainTaxi fundraiser--good for Xmas presents
      • Patricia Cornwell redux
      • The text of Harold Pinter's
      • As a follow-up to my previous post
      • Smoke proofs
      • I have a longtime fantasy
      • Ed Park
      • I've just raced through
      • There's a really extraordinary essay about pedophi...
      • And David Dabydeen
      • Alison Lurie
      • Best recent light reading is wonderfully good novel
      • Random literary round-up
      • A must-have book
    • ►  November (43)
    • ►  October (31)
    • ►  September (25)
    • ►  August (31)
    • ►  July (35)
    • ►  June (28)
    • ►  May (31)
    • ►  April (27)
    • ►  March (30)
    • ►  February (39)
    • ►  January (33)
  • ►  2004 (157)
    • ►  December (18)
    • ►  November (23)
    • ►  October (29)
    • ►  September (25)
    • ►  August (37)
    • ►  July (6)
    • ►  June (12)
    • ►  May (7)