Saturday, November 19, 2011

Recent Reads/Listens

Fiction

Robert Coover - Spanking the Maid
Robert Coover - The Public Burning
Maxine Hong Kingston - Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book
David Foster Wallace - Girl With Curious Hair
John Barth - Lost in the Funhouse

Criticism

Marianne DeKoven - Utopia Limited
Geoffrey Galt Harpham - Language Alone: The Critical Fetish of Modernity
Amy Hungerford - Postmodern Belief

Music

Adele (amazing tone to her voice)
The Weakerthans (it's that time of year!)
Bon Iver (like The Weakerthans, fall and winter seem the most appropriate times to listen to Bon Iver for reasons I don't entirely understand, although I do listen to The Weakerthans year-round)
Iron & Wine
Marvin Gaye (borrowed this amazing 4-disc box set from my friend Dan)
Pete Yorn (a personal revival of Musicforthemorningafter) - thinking of you, Thad!

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