Over the years, I have accumulated many books I never finished. I have resolved to read this book within the next two years. So far, the process has not been the slog I thought it would be. Marguerite Duras’s The Lover was simultaneously crushing and romantic and stylistically written as if by a more elegant Cormac McCarthy. Phil Freeman’s Ugly Beauty: Jazz in the 21st Century turned me on to many musicians and albums I need to listen to (I’m playing an album by Zonal as I write this). Write Ahead the Future Looms 2019, which is one of the books I am currently reading, is breezy cyberpunk, and one of the reasons I enjoy it is due to unintentional editing; one of the writer’s story notes was revealed, giving me insight into how other writer’s work.
Up next is Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez, which I’ve put off reading for far too long.