Yesterday I had lunch with losselen. She's very kind and sweet and somewhat sneaky; the pizza was good, too. And in the process I discovered a furniture seller who stored nails in an empty container of eggplant hummus. <3! [/RL snippet]

1. Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
4. Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston5. Call it Sleep by Henry Roth ( Read more... )

Dear Kingston,

I have so much love for your book The Woman Warrior. I really do. I love how the only thing I really know about you is that your name Maxine sounds like the word ink in Chinese, and I love how much you talk about your mother Brave Orchid, who is wholly deserving of all this attention lavished upon her. Clearly, she is a truly great ( Read more... )

Right, then. Review of sorts (or reactions, possibly) on The Alchemist. Possible spoilers therein.

( The Alchemist. )