Today in Bookish and Literary History, November 4
1659 Crusoe starts his a daily routine on the island 2021 The Sentence by Louise Erdrich Louise Erdrich creates a wickedly funny ghost story, a tale of passion, of a complex marriage, and of a woman's relentless errors. 2025 Only Son by Kevin Moffett Florida, 1982. A nine-year-old watches as his dead father's possessions are hauled away: his clothes and tools, his faux-leather recliner. His sensei says it's a perfect time to turn his weaknesses into weapons. His PE teacher says he runs like a pregnant ostrich. His mother takes out a personal ad. Everyone is trying to teach him a lesson but he is, it seems, a slow learner. Meanwhile, with each passing day, his father recedes, growing less and less plausible, almost a myth. Longlisted for The National Book Award 2025 Palaver by Bryan Washington A life-affirming novel of family, mending, and how we learn to love, from the award-winning Bryan Washington. 2025 The Writing Room by Marcia Argueta Mickelson Immediate...