tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681636933577206972.post4309922412875834206..comments2024-03-27T11:32:49.791-07:00Comments on Papergreat: Thoughts on aspirational readingChris Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435979081891289688noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681636933577206972.post-46958465302435381472022-08-17T12:32:52.973-07:002022-08-17T12:32:52.973-07:00In the early nineties, I made a point of taking on...In the early nineties, I made a point of taking on the longest book I owned, but had not read, to bridge an old and new year. For example, I remember starting David Graham Phillips' Susan Lenox, Her Fall and Rise in December 1990, and finishing it in January 1991. Others tackled included Norman Mailer's Harlot's Ghost and Executioner's Song. Don't know why I stopped. Dreiser's An American Tragedy beckons!<br /><br />Must admit, there's no form I admire more than the novella. Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.com