Archive for July, 2002

John’s Wife

Sunday, July 28th, 2002

by Robert Coover ISBN: 0684830434

The first paragraph of this novel got my attention. I can say I really liked the first two pages. After that, things weren't so good.

The most

Sorting Things Out: Classification and its Consequences

Saturday, July 27th, 2002

by Geoffrey C. Bowker and Susan Leigh Star ISBN: 0262522950

Though at times needlessly academically opaque, the authors do raise valuable questions about the impact of information infrastructure on human lives. They

Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son’s First Year

Sunday, July 21st, 2002

by Anne Lamott ISBN:044990928X

I am not a baby person, so it kind of surprised me that I wanted to read this book.

I had read Bird by Bird, Lamott's book on writing,

The Torturer’s Apprentice

Saturday, July 20th, 2002

by John Biguenet ISBN: 0060198354

This book is an unusual collection of short stories. The settings and time periods span continents an centuries, but there is a striving for a bit of