2004
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On Death and Dying
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
This book is the classic work dealing with the psychology of death. The five stages of grief were first outlined here, though they are focused more on those dying then the people grieving after they are gone. Kübler-Ross interviewed terminally ill patients as part of an...more
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The Complete Untitled Film Stills
Cindy Sherman
It’s probably time that I returned these photo books I took out from the library months ago. (There were a few others, but I didn’t spend too much time with them before I returned them.)
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Bill Peet: an Autobiography
Bill Peet
One of my favorite books as a kid was Jennifer and Josephine, and though I never read any other of Peet’s many children’s books, I considered him a favorite writer. I spotted this book at the library — an illustrated autobiography! His insight into the early...more
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The Mind’s Eye: Writings on Photography and Photographers
Henri Cartier-Bresson
This compilation of writings by Cartier-Bresson is pretty random and obviously written over a long period of time. But its brevity makes up for the lack of flow. His opinions of photographic technique are interesting, sometimes useful and sometimes not. He was not a fan of color photography: As opposed to black, which has the most complex...more
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In the Next Galaxy
Ruth Stone
Albany Bus Station
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The same fat man with the fluorescent vest
is playing cards for cash
at the same table by the window;
the same easy jean-jacketed girl
slaps the back of the same red-faced man
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The Stones of Summer
Dow Mossman
I’m giving up on this book. I’ve been reading it since I finished A Wild Sheep Chase and going on a month, only halfway through—I just don’t see the point of forcing myself through it any longer.
This coming-of-age epic inspired...more
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Hôtel Splendid
Marie Redonnet
The unnamed narrator is the youngest of three sisters. She has lived her entire life in the Hôtel Splendid . Her grandmother built it next to a swamp. Her sisters traveled the world with their mother. When the mother died, the sisters returned.
Groups of speculators, geographers, contractors, and eventually workers come through...more
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Timoleon Vieta Come Home
Dan Rhodes
I was in the middle of the epic Stones of Summer when I went away last week — not about to bring a nearly 600 page hardcover tome with me, I instead started in on some of the books that have been calmly waiting for me to get through the Mossman book. I bought this one used several weeks ago because I liked the design (will try to get an image...more
