Literature Fool

This blog, as the title implies, is designed to offer thoughts on literature, philosophy, writers and writing, people, places, current events, the meaning of life, famous and unknown thinkers, celebrated prose stylists, artists and their art, scholars, philosophers, fools, pariahs, introverts, wallflowers, neat freaks, fiber addicts, social wannabees and also-rans; it includes daily observations, news-driven commentaries, book reviews and "great-writer" recommendations.

Saturday, September 29, 2018

...On Acknowledging the Shadow Within...

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"We are still almost certain we know what other people think or what their true character is. We are convinced that certain people have...
Saturday, August 18, 2018

Civil Rights and the Justice System / Essential Reading

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Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Bo...
Monday, July 16, 2018

Black Dahlia, Red Rose by Piu Eatwell

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A highly-recommended true-crime saga of L.A.'s most notorious unsolved murder - with lots of great background info on the noir-like...
Monday, June 11, 2018

A True-Crime Chronology

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In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (1966) Honor Thy Father by Gay Tales (1971) The Onion Field by Joseph Wambaugh (1973) Helter Skelter ...
Sunday, April 1, 2018

My Haphazard Spring Reading List

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Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of  Austerity Politics by Kim Phillips-Fein (the story of how New York City went ...
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Compelling Euro Crime Dramas

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Bron/Broen (The Bridge) - > Sweden/Denmark Happy Valley - > Britain Hraunio (The Lava Field) - > Iceland La Treve (The Break)...
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Sunday, July 30, 2017

My Haphazard Summer Reading List

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In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes The Fire Engine that Disappeared by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo Scandinavians: ...
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