American Classics - 39 Groundbreaking books and their impact (Poets.org)

American Classics - 39 Groundbreaking books and their impact (Poets.org)

It’s still always about Scout to me because there really aren’t that many of those girls. There were hardly any of those girls in our real life, and there aren’t that many of them in books. So you store them up as a hedge against the attempts of the world to make you into something else.

NPR: Summer Books 2010

There is nothing so holy to me as a summer reading list.

Best book title EVER! Cannot wait to read.

Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater, with Some Thoughts on Muses (Especially Helga Testorf), Transgender Women, Kabuki Goddesses, Porn Queens, Poets, Housewives, Makeup Artists, Geishas, Valkyries and Venus Figurines

by William T. VollmannEcco

City Brights: Michelle Richmond : The 10 best Southern novels of all time