I never read nearly as much as I'd like to read—my multiple worlds are perpetually colliding, fracturing time. But I was so gratified to learn that, on this year's list of
NBCC nominees, many of the books I'd loved best and celebrated here, on my blog, are being equally celebrated by the judges. In Autobiography, there's Patti Smith's remarkable
Just Kids, Darin Strauss's deeply moving
Half a Life, and the thoughtful, provocative
Hiroshima in the Morning, by my much-loved friend, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto. In Criticism, there's Elif Batuman's
The Possessed and Ander Monson's
Vanishing Point. I'd put all five books on my Penn syllabus months ago, and here they are—proven, lifted, upheld.
A huge congratulations to them all, and, especially, to my dear friend, Reiko. I've linked to my own reflections about these books here, should you be interested in how they affected me early on.
Oh, my - more delicious items for my to-read list...
Congratulations all around!
...A.
Ditto--more books I clearly need to look into!
And, I completely understand about the fracturing of time/too much to read/not enough time dilemma. Story of my life. :)