Tag: Marilynne Robinson

• Reader In Chief

  As a reader, librarian, and citizen, I’m going to miss this “reader in chief,” as John McMurtrie of the San Francisco Chronicle calls him: As is amply manifest in his writing, Obama is someone who has done a lot of thinking about his place in the world, his upbringing, his uniquely American story. And, as president, he…

  December 27, 2016

  America, Books, Presidents

  Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Marilynne Robinson, Ta-Nehisi Coates

• A Novel Ninevember

  Fiction usually isn’t my thing, but I want to get better at it. So I’m reading nine novels in November’s thirty days and writing about them here. I’ll update this post as I go along. Some spoilers, natch. Update: Just made it through the ninth book, with only hours to spare. I’m very glad to have deepened…

  November 12, 2013

  Books

  Ender’s Game, Fahrenheit 451, Fortunately the Milk, Gilead, Jerry Spinelli, Lois Lowry, Marilynne Robinson, Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card, Paul Coelho, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Ray Bradbury, review, Stargirl, Stephen Chbosky, The Alchemist, The Giver, The Ocean at the End of the Lane