Projects for the new year
This coming June will be the 60th anniversary of my Harvard graduating class. There, at our reunion in Cambridge MA, Susana and I hope to see f2f and embrace classmates that I have seen recently only by Zoom, including in our weekly gatherings hosted and organized by classmate Kent Garrett, author of a very good … read more »
“Rabble!” and related books
Just published on shepherd.com For authors, shepherd.com is a great way to put your work in the context of other writing you admire. Here, on my page, you will see some description of each recommended book and why I chose it. To continue my larger theme of the eternal struggle of people seeking to create … read more »
Forbidden to laugh
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie My rating: 5 of 5 stars The news of the stabbing of Salman Rushdie (2022.08.12) has made me want to celebrate once again this wonderful, hilarious satyrical novel. Which I now want to reread. I just found my handwritten review from my journal, written shortly after its publication. Here … read more »
Another review of “Rabble!”
From Robert (“Bob”) Kolodney in Washington DC, Harvard classmate and active leader of reading groups. Geoffrey Fox does a marvelous job of making the 19th Century come alive through participants in the ill-fated Paris Commune of 1871. Following the French loss in the Franco Prussian War, there was a brief chance for working class … read more »
Reviews and reader comments on RABBLE!
Reviews and comments: Reviews posted in Goodreads, Amazon and NetGalley Other reader comments