Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life
by Yiyun Li
TRUE
Here's the best way to say how much I like this book: when I read, I turn down the corners of pages to remind me to write down a memorable quote later. In good books I might do this a few times, in gr... (Tom)
The Souls of Black Folk
by W.E.B. Du Bois
Reading The Souls of Black Folk (newly reprinted by Restless Books with an introduction by Vann R. Newkirk II) is a little like seeing Hamlet for the first time: phrase after familiar phrase—"double c... (Tom)
The Story of Gilgamesh
by Yiyun Li
MADE-UP
Li is best known for her prize-winning stories and novels, and perhaps now (see above) for her memoir, but she also recently retold the oldest story in recorded literature, The Story of Gilgamesh, as... (Tom)
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