Ask a Book Question
May 20, 2008
Ask a Book Question (#60): Suicide Notes 9
by Emily Colette Wilkinson
Reese wrote in with this question:
I’m a student at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA focusing mostly on literature. Over the summer I’m attempting to do an independent study of suicide in art and literature. The only thing is, I’m having trouble formulating a reading list. While I can certainly think of a [...]
May 1, 2008
Ask a Book Question (#59): Books for Recent Graduates 4
by Editor
Bryan wrote in with this question:
I’m a 2007 graduate of Columbia. I majored in American Studies with a concentration in 20th century American literature. I’m a huge fan of the Millions. I’m attaching a recent reading list, if there’s any chance you’d be interested in giving a book recommendation [based on it], [...]
February 12, 2008
Ask a Book Question (#58): Books for Fans of Deadwood 7
by Emily Colette Wilkinson
Poornima writes in:
My husband recently stumbled across an HBO series called Deadwood in the library. It’s a television series set in the Black Hills (Sioux Country – Dakotas and Wyoming) around 1876 and features a whole assortment of historically famous/notorious characters including Wild Bill Hickock and Calamity Jane.
I was wondering if you or your readers [...]
October 25, 2007
Ask a Book Question (#57): The Greatest Magazine Ever? 5
by C. Max Magee
It’s been a while since we’ve done an “Ask a Book Question” at The Millions, but Kirk from Texas left a good one in the comments of a recent post:
You write a lot about your obsession with The New Yorker… Can you tell those of us that are unfamiliar with the publication more about it, [...]
June 21, 2007
Ask a Book Question: The 56th in a Series (A Remainder Reminder) 1
by C. Max Magee
Neil writes in with this question:
I’m trying to remember the name of a new book I’ve recently read about and I can’t quite put my finger on it. I think the general concept was that it was about a guy who was in an accident and when he wakes up, he has no memory [...]
May 30, 2007
Ask a Book Question: The 55th in a Series (Future Blue Chips) 0
by C. Max Magee
Ron writes in with this question:
The recent issue of Firsts magazine has an article on today’s “blue chip” authors for book collectors: Hemingway, Steinbeck, Faulkner, Fitzgerald. It made me wonder who writing today will be a blue chip author in the future. In the next 10 or 15 years, who will have [...]
