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What I've Been Reading
1. Steven Teles, The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement. It covers the Federalist Society, GMU School of Law, Institute for Justice, among other institutions. The material rang true to what I know; Orin Kerr comments.
2. Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters. This one blew me away; you don't even have to like poetry, it is more like reading letters. You do need to know a little about his life with Sylvia Plath to appreciate it. A modern masterpiece, highly recommended.
3. 2666: A Novel, by Roberto Bolaño, you can pre-order it here. So far I'm only reading the Amazon site every few days or so, thinking about when the book will come.
4. Francisco Goldman, The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?. Maybe the best book on why Guatemala is such a mess but also on why there is hope. Make sure you read the dissenting reviews on Amazon.
5. Hubble: The Mirror on the Universe, revised and updated, by Robin Kerrod and Carole Stott. Stunning. Most smart people make the mistake of not reading enough picture books. It's not just that the pictures are good; the text must concentrate on what is truly essential.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on April 10, 2008 at 06:32 AM in Books | Permalink
Comments
"2666" has been available for years in Spanish. Why wait for the translation?
Posted by: vanya at Apr 10, 2008 10:25:21 AM
It would take me a very long time to read it in Spanish...
Posted by: Tyler Cowen at Apr 10, 2008 10:31:16 AM
Then I shouldn't mention the book (in spanish): "Quien Mato Al Obispo?" by Maite Rico and Bertrand De La Grange....
Posted by: Diego A. at Apr 10, 2008 12:32:01 PM
2666 is great. Go for it!! Bolaño also published several collections of short stories (for example, "Putas asesinas" or "Llamadas telefónicas") some of which are very good too -- In particular I am a big fan of "Buba", the story of a south american soccer player who comes to play in Futbol Club Barcelona. But I do not know whether these pieces have already been translated into English.
He also wrote some poetry and liked to consider himself a poet but I have not go through it yet and I dont know whether it is any good.
Posted by: Olivia at Apr 10, 2008 2:21:32 PM
What does "What I've been reading" mean?
Let's see. 5 books a week, plus, I'd assume, magazines, articles, blogs, journal articles and eventually some work, it comes out to 1.5 books a day, 7 days a week.
not bad.
HC
Posted by: Happy Camper at Apr 11, 2008 9:52:47 PM
