John Lockley’s After the Fire
I’ve enjoyed this novel — one I picked up out of a bin of discounted books some years back. I’ve written about it on my other blogs, about how it got me to thinking about law and order / crime and punishment, a crisis of faith, survival, and even SARS. It wasn’t the best book I’ve ever read (not even in the top 100), but it was still thought-provoking enough. I understand it is the first in a series (it ends with an obvious invitation for a continuation). I don’t have the next book, or even its title, but I would read it if I came across it.
The Three Penny Review is one of the more thoughtful periodicals that I read. I usually go through the poetry first. But what I really like is the great variety of articles. Its always full of good writing, and can really make you think, if you let it.
There was not one memorable poem in this issue of Poetry, but it was the all-poetry edition. This one, along with the translation issue, is one of my favorites each year. I like it when the whole thing is full of poetry and leaves out the section of prose that usually ends the journal.
Aaron Maniam’s Morning at Memories Border
This is a collection of poetry by a Singaporean poet. It is his first collection. So far, I am not as impressed with it as I thought I would be (I haven’t finished yet). It received a lot of high praise, but it just hasn’t done it for me yet.
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
The semester is looming up on me again, and I am getting started on my reading for school. Twelfth Night will be one of the first plays I do for my Shakespeare class this term.
