Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other — NPR’s Scott Simon’s New Memoir in Praise...
If you listen to NPR, you’re likely familiar with Scott Simon, host of Weekend Edition. In his new memoir Baby We Were Meant for Each Other, Simon shares his own experiences adopting two girls from...
View ArticleBooks Acquired, Some Time Last Week (Plus Some Garden Shots)
Josh Ritter’s Bright’s Passage is out in trade paperback, featuring a Q&A at the end with Ritter and some guy named Neil Gaiman who used to write comic books or something. Here’s my write up from...
View ArticleThe Dao of the Military (Book Acquired, 8.27.2012)
The Dao of the Military: Liu An’s Art of War is new in translation by Andrew Seth Meyer from Columbia University Press. Their blurbs: “The Dao of the Military makes a welcome addition to the growing...
View ArticlePlease Vote for Me (2007 Documentary About Chinese Democracy and a Grade...
Tagged: China, Chinese Democracy, Documentary
View ArticleBen Marcus/Victor Segalen/George Saunders (Books Acquired, 2.01.2013)
I went to the bookstore on Friday afternoon to drop off some trade-ins and order a few books for my wife and kids for Valentine’s Day. I had no intention of buying anything, but a bit of random...
View ArticleThe Red Chamber (Book Acquired, Some Time Like Two Weeks Ago Maybe)
A review copy of Pauline A. Chen’s The Red Chamber arrived at Biblioklept World Headquarters like maybe two weeks ago, but my wife snapped it up immediately and then I neglected to look at it until...
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