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These in-depth, thought-provoking, and often funny posts are the brainchild of The Book Barn's very own Glenn. He never fails to make a great recommendation, grateful warning or entertaining suggestion!

Oct 16, 2020

#171: SPEAKING TO WAKE THE STARS.

#171: SPEAKING TO WAKE THE STARS. I came across J. P. Seaton’s translations from the Chinese a good thirty years ago, in The Wine of End...

Sep 25, 2020

#170: TWO IRISH PLAYS.

#170: TWO IRISH PLAYS. Some plays depend on a central conceit so ingeniously worked out that they color all our later memories of the wor...

Sep 4, 2020

#169: MANGEZ! MANGEZ!

#169: MANGEZ! MANGEZ! In his vast series of novels and stories known collectively as La Comedie Humaine, Balzac begins with the Swedenbo...