Anecdotal Evidence

A blog about the intersection of books and life.

Saturday, April 25, 2026

'You Not There'

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Must condolences, words of consolation, be as sweet and gentle as words of endearment? Do people want to be assured that the pain of grief a...
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Friday, April 24, 2026

'Particular Persons and Situations'

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Edwin Arlington Robinson is likely to remain a one-poem poet for most readers, assuming he is read at all. Of course, one poem is more than ...
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Thursday, April 23, 2026

'I Hopped All Over the Canon'

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“There was no pattern to my reading. It was all hand-to-mouth.” When young I was indiscriminate, reading anything I fancied and that cha...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

'Your Face Broods From My Table'

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My nephew texted me Monday afternoon to say a student had committed suicide  in my old high school. She shot herself in the cafeteria. As us...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

'I Know No Pleasure Like That of Books'

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All I ask is that a book be well-written and teach me something – two conditions admittedly rather vague and subjective. This is no critical...
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Monday, April 20, 2026

'The Long Habit of Living'

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“Perfect weather. And to think that on such a day people are still dying!”   Sometimes I suspect the human imagination is by nature Gothic...
Sunday, April 19, 2026

'A Beautiful and Consoling Thought'

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The only speeding ticket I have ever received was issued by a police officer in Bellevue, Wa., about fifteen years ago. He clocked me doing ...
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