Browsing Category
Reading
6 posts
No Bull, Just Poetry.
The best things don’t ask to be judged and people are wise to steer clear from judging them. Either you haven’t lived it or you have.
Everything Matters and I Don’t Know Why
When my father palmed me a copy of On The Road he said, “I don’t know why, but I think you’re going to like this.”
Whether he thought it would change my life or not, I don’t know. But I like to think he knew what he was doing, because until that point I hadn’t thought much of reading or writing, and I’ve been writing ever since.
The Goodness of Man – As Judged by an Ego and the Books He Reads
en it comes to choosing the next book to read, I’m plagued by something P. J. O’Rourke said. His words? “Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.”
Reading While Hungry, a Reflection on Taste by Stanley Tucci
Having recently finished reading Taste by actor, director and fellow martini drinker Stanley Tucci, I am left with a profound sense of purpose. Not only to cook more and spend more time smelling tomatoes for ripeness in my local supermarket, but to encourage fellow food lovers to grab the first copy they see. Taste tells the story of Tucci’s life through comical and heart-warming anecdotes centred around food and drink.
The Best Non-fiction Works are Letters
How does one know a place fully? Or, for that matter, a time period? I have found that movies can only do so much to tell the truth, often being made all the more palatable for audiences. The same goes for textbooks, which tend to dumb down reality to cram as much information into the smallest amount of real estate as possible. Then there are nonfiction works, which may read more towards the author’s bias than the veritable truth. So - what’s left?
Magazines: A Subscription to a Well-Lived Life
This story originally appeared on the Gents Cafe Newsletter. You can subscribe here. With Wes Anderson’s French Dispatch…