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Enjoy unlimited access to all of our incredible journalism, in print and digital. Some of us overheard someone on the phone with the owners, saying the guests didnt fit their demographic and then the event was shut down minutes later, Vargas said. We ranked the neighborhoods from worst to best in the chart below. rnOne of the oldest houses in Dallas can be found at the corner of Durant and McKee. Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. What Oak Cliff now needs is a major development at its northern edge, preferably a major project on the west bank of the Trinity, which would blend nicely with the proposed Town Lake. When you aren’t reading, try not to touch your face, do wash your hands, and be as loving to one another as you possibly can.Ĭoleen Grissom is Professor of English emeritus at Trinity University and the author of The World According to Coleen and A Novel Approach to Life. “Speculative” fiction as she calls it – but combining all her many literary skills and genius. Let me just say, “It’s about trees.”Īnd, of course, really focus on the dystopian literature of the great Canadian, *Margaret Atwood – ORYX & CRAKE, THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD, and MADDADDAM. You must just trust me and give this masterpiece your undivided attention. Powers’ THE OVERSTORY – I feel quite sure this is the fiction I read this past year that most impressed and engaged me, but I don’t think I can explain my reasons. (Always wondered what these clichés meant, didn’t you?.) Patchett’s THE DUTCH HOUSE – Another of her engrossing stories of family dealing with “life its own self” and facing more challenges than we east Texans can shake a stick at. Strout’s OLIVE AGAIN – Anyone who loved Strout’s earlier masterpiece will rejoice, be sad, be happy to catch up with her fascinating protagonist, and, like me, will eagerly await seeing Frances McDormand portray her again in another version. Orange’s THERE, THERE – Most of us know little of the Native American experience, and he helps us expand our knowledge in a capivating story. Kushner’s THE MARS ROOM is set in a women’s prison, so, it may drive some of you to change your evil ways and become more law abiding. Ng’s EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU – I am leaving off her earlier bestseller since a version will be in theaters soon, but this one is an interesting mystery as well as a recognizable tale of the challenges of family life.Įrdrich’s THE NIGHT WATCHMAN shows again her depth of compassion for the Native American and her exacting prose style. Toews’ A COMPLICATED KINDNESS, WOMEN TALKING, and ALL MY PUNY SORROWS – She’s not the greatest* Canadian novelist, but she engages the reader by her insights, her wit, and her clear, crisp prose.
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Try Michael Connelly, James Lee Burke, Laura Lippman, James Patterson, John Sanford*, Laura Lippman, Jeffrey Deaver, Attica Locke (with her, you also get some great east Texas scenery) (*Sanford’s “prey” series will give you plenty to worry about beyond pandemics.) Loving to organize stuff, let me put reading recommendations in categories.Īnything by David Sedaris, Carl Hiaasen, as well as, if you dare, Kevin Wilson’s really mind blowing, NOTHING TO SEE HERE. My biggest challenge is to avoid simply listing the texts I once assigned to those students but feared they never got around to reading. The bookworm that I have been for so many decades simply leaps at this opportunity. Nevertheless, others have asked me for reading suggestions as they self-isolate and realize that one can only watch so much daytime TV. I have grown accustomed to students making unusual choices. Though it should, it does not dismay me that former students have been e-mailing me to say they are reading (or, for a very, very few) re-reading Defoe’s A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR or Camus’ THE PLAGUE.
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