Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Read, Viewed: Black History Month 2021

What I read and viewed during February, the month we devote in the land of freedom to Black History, in our feeble attempts to make reparations for centuries of slavery

2021-02-26
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Black History Month 2021: Consumed

Each year Black History month is another chance to own up to the failures of America, to learn about those who endured and transcended them.

2021-02-05
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Read, Viewed: January 2021

January 2021 inaugurated both a new year and (Gott sei Dank!!!) a new president, during which I read and watched “Vertigo,” Stanley Cavell, “Signs,” “Inside Llewyn Davis,” and others.

2021-02-02
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Read Viewed Consumed 2020-12

Perhaps I began the month of December inauspiciously, insofar as I read/viewed/consumed nothing on the first day of the month (see below). In fact, I did read two different Harry...

2021-01-02
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Read Viewed Consumed 2020-11

During the month of November what I read and viewed—what I consumed—was less varied and somewhat sparse. In fact, lost some weight.

2020-11-30
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Read Viewed Consumed | 2020-10

October is a good month to watch horror movies and read scary stories, but I read my scary stories over the summer and …

2020-11-01
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Read Viewed Consumed |2020-09

Cultural consumption involved George Saunders’ consummately misanthropic CivilWarLand, as well as Pygmalion (1938) and The 49th Parallel (1944)

2020-10-03
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August 2020: Read, Viewed

During the hot days of August my tremendous appetite to read was momentarily sated by more Tolstoy (eternally), James Baldwin, and even a little G.K. Chesterton.