Reading and Watching

On what we are reading and what we are watching — the unhurried sort of recommendation that takes the work seriously, with attention to what the work is actually doing rather than to what the work might be made to mean.

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The Small Pleasures of the Neighborhood Bookshop, and What It Takes to Keep One Going

The small bookshop, of fifteen hundred square feet, run by people who read what they sell, is one of the more durable…

Theodore Brennan May 11, 2026 8 min read

Reading and Watching

What I Am Reading This Spring, with Brief Notes

A small note on what has been on the reading table this spring, with brief and unenthusiastic notes on each. The aim…

Theodore Brennan May 11, 2026 7 min read