Milo and the Calf

Category: Books

  • Review: Moore’s Gironimo

    Gironimo! Riding the Very Terrible 1914 Tour of Italy Tim Moore This is the story of a guy who restores an early 1900s bike and then rides it all the way around Italy covering the course of what is widely considered the hardest bicycle race in history. What can I say, I have disparate tastes.…

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    Review: Higginbotham’s Midnight in Chernobyl

    Midnight in Chernobyl Adam Higginbotham The definitive account of what happened at Chernobyl and the book that was the source of much of what is in the HBO mini-series. A tick-tock of the most destruction nuclear meltdown in history. A story of massive corruption and incompetence in Soviet Russia. A chronicle of the destruction of…

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    Review: Stephenson’s Fall, Or Dodge In Hell

    Fall or Dodge in Hell Neal Stephenson I read every Neal Stephenson book as soon as they come out. Some are amazing, some are just ok, but never do I regret the experience. As is standard with a Neal Stephenson novel, this one is a joyous hodgepodge of adventure, science, and philosophy held together by…

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    Review: Rinpoche’s In Love With The World

    In Love With The World: A Monk’s Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying Yongey Minguy Rinpoche Mingyur Rinpoche is one of the most respected Tibetan Buddhist teachers in the world. He has taught at meditation retreats in every continent, runs a group of prominent monasteries, and is a member of a distinguished line…

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    Review: Epstein’s Range

    Range: Why Generalists Triumph In A Specialized World David Epstein There is a certain kind of book I cannot resist and that book follows this basic format: Here is an ostensibly counter intuitive idea. Here are a series of chapters wherein the  following form to substantiate the idea An anecdote is presented A study or…

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    Review: Foucault in California

      Foucault in California: A True Story Wherein the Great Philosopher Drops Acid in the Valley of Death Simeon Wade Whoa boy, this one was a trip. Famous French philosopher hooks up with a young academic and an experimental musician. They head to death valley and take acid. Serious 1970s content ensues. Foucault acid trip…

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    Review: Carson’s Norma Jean Baker of Troy

    Norma Jean Baker of Troy Anne Carson   Carson is a genius. An actual genius. She’s a Greek scholar, and a gifted poet and novelist. She’s also someone I’ve admired for years. In fact, I have a whole page of this website devoted to her. Sometimes her work, which often mixes the ancient with the…

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    Review: Parker’s Magical Negro

    Magical Negro: Poems Morgan Parker I don’t really follow contemporary poetry, but there a couple of writers who I adore and I pick up their new work whenever it comes out. Parker (of There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce) is one of those writers I follow. Magical Negro is another round of beautiful writing…

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    Review: Winslow’s The Border

    The Border Don Winslow The final book in Don Winslow’s trilogy about the drug war completing the story of a troubled American agent and his series of drug king pin nemesis. While not as stark as Power of the Dog, and (thankfully) not as violent as The Cartel, this was still top-notch crime writing. I…

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    Review: Keefe’s Say Nothing

    Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland Patrick Radden Keefe Where to even start with this book? This is the story of the tragic murder of Jean McConville, a mother of ten who was taken from her home in the middle of the night. It’s also the story of the…