“If I have any creed that I wish you as readers, necessary accomplices in this flirtatious ceremony of writing and reading, will take with you from my pages, it’d be this belief of mine that writers of caliber can ground their work in specific land and lingo and yet be writing of that larger country: life” Ivan Doig
Dear Bookclub,
Doig's "Last Bus to Wisdom" has been a surprise to me. Corny characters and adages knit together an endearing tale - thank goodness: his last work will be fondly remembered.
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| "Ivan Doig when his father and grandmother were at odds over him" - Montana State University Library Archives |
Please peruse the Montana State University Library Archives for a richly layered research junket through the Ivan Doig world. The medical journey is especially interesting for the inclusion of Doig's thoughts about the process of his struggle with his final illness and actual medical records.
http://ivandoig.montana.edu/
After combing my bookshelves and finding many titles I mean to read and then realizing I have not read them because they 'don't excite me', here are some that I would consider exciting to pick up... please consider for an upcoming selection:
1) "The Mothers" Brit Bennet
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-mothers-a-fantastic-debut-novel-by-brit-bennett/2016/10/13/ee701c72-9148-11e6-9c85-ac42097b8cc0_story.html?utm_term=.62811979e8c6
2) "Elephant Company" Vicki Constantine Croke
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18691058-elephant-company
3) "The Swans of Fifth Avenue" Melanie Benjamin
https://smile.amazon.com/Swans-Fifth-Avenue-Novel-ebook/product-reviews/B00X2F109A/ref=cm_cr_getr_d_paging_btm_next_3?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&sortBy=recent&pageNumber=3
4) "Florence Gordon" Brian Morton
http://www.npr.org/2014/10/06/352763474/florence-gordon-isnt-friend-material-but-youll-appreciate-her
Happy reading!
LK
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