Author Archives: Keith Harris

Read Started both of these and had planned on finishing…leaving here as a reminder of how long it’s taking me to read them with my time split between heavy teaching load and exercising… Ellroy, Black Dahlia Enright, The Making of … Continue reading →

Read Haider, Mistaken Identity Sevilla-Buitrago, Against the Commons Mailer, Barbary Shore Davis, The Other Side of Empathy Watched Some Simpsons episodes w/ kids The Bear episodes The cruise

Read Didion, Play it as it lays Watched/Listened Wonka (reopened Cinerama w/ kids) The Firm Rush Hour w/ kids on NYE A bunch of Charlie Rose and Firing Line episodes (guests: Norman Mailer, Harold Pinter, Alan Ginsberg, et al) Philip … Continue reading →

Read DeLillo, The Names, Players Rolnik, Spheres of Insurrection Watched Get Out Ma Rainey Us Whiplash Fast Times at Ridgemont High The Holdovers

Read Ben Lerner, 10:04 Chris Kraus, Summer of Hate Joshua Coheb, The Netanyahus Watched Better Call Saul, S6 Frantic

Started the month w/Covid, must have caught it on the flight back from Paris, so lots of reading time… Simenon, La Patience de Maigret Elif Batuman, Either/Or Henry James, The American Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans Hari Kunzru, Red Pill … Continue reading →

Read Simenon, Maigret á New York And as a bonus, I realized that my balcony in Paris gave me a direct view of Maigret’s apartment on Boulevard Richard-Lenoir (it’s the last building in direct view after I turn to the … Continue reading →

To be honest, la plupart du mois, je ne me souviens pas. J’étais en train de préparer mon cours à Paris. Je viens de finir le seul livre que j’ai lu en juin maintenant le 4 juillet sur un banc … Continue reading →

Didn’t read much for pleasure, spent most of my time teaching/prepping for Paris study abroad (I’ll be there June 18 – July 30, please get in touch!)., and clearly listening to podcasts as I squeak in exercise between 10 and … Continue reading →

Read Handful of articles on land rent theory Ross, Communal Luxury: the political imaginary of the Paris Commune Christian Lorentzen’s substack and lots of New Yorker articles Watched Succession S1-S3