maxbittker rated The Argonauts: 5 stars
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson, Maggie Nelson
Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts is a genre-bending memoir, a work of “autotheory” offering fresh, fierce, and timely thinking about desire, …
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maxbittker rated The Dispossessed: 5 stars
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #6)
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …
maxbittker rated Lirael: 4 stars
maxbittker rated Life in code: 4 stars
maxbittker rated A natural history of the senses: 3 stars
Diane Ackerman: A natural history of the senses (1991, Vintage Books)
A natural history of the senses by Diane Ackerman
A Natural History of the Senses is a vibrant celebration of our ability to smell, taste, hear, touch, and see. …
maxbittker rated Invisible Cities: 5 stars
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (Harvest/HBJ book)
Invisible Cities (Italian: Le città invisibili) is a novel by Italian writer Italo Calvino. It was published in Italy in …
maxbittker rated No-No Boy: 4 stars
No-No Boy by John Okada
A Japanese-American decides not to serve in the war. The book unfolds the societal and familial consequences he faces for …
maxbittker rated View of dawn in the tropics: 4 stars
maxbittker rated The Left Hand of Darkness: 5 stars
maxbittker rated Waiting for Godot: 4 stars
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Waiting for Godot ( GOD-oh) is a play by Samuel Beckett in which two characters, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), …
maxbittker rated Citizen: 5 stars
Citizen by Claudia Rankine
A provocative meditation on race, Claudia Rankine's long-awaited follow up to her groundbreaking book Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An …
maxbittker rated Kindred: 5 stars
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (Black women writers series)
The first science fiction written by a black woman, Kindred has become a cornerstone of black American literature. This combination …
maxbittker rated Vehicles: 4 stars
maxbittker rated Bluets: 4 stars
Bluets by Maggie Nelson, Maggie Nelson
Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color...
A lyrical, philosophical, and …