Category Archives: New York Review Books

from The Adventures of Sinbad by Gyula Krudy

Posted on July 2, 2017 by ubu507

It was at this time, one autumn night — just as the bloodshot moon was sitting like a tipsy old man in the branches of the poplar tree, when all manner of intangible shadows flitted from garden to garden so … Continue reading →

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Remember This

Posted on September 30, 2016 by ubu507

Forget, forget nothing, don’t forget the sweetness, don’t forget the severity. If indifference and unkindness take hold of your being, stir your memory and think of all the beautiful, all the burdensome things. Remember there is life and there is … Continue reading →

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The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy, NYRB Classics

Posted on August 18, 2016 by ubu507

Recently a woman named Tracy Tynan published a memoir (which — full disclosure — I haven’t read), that seems to center, like so many these days, on how awful mommy and daddy were. Her father was that once famous enfant … Continue reading →

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