I know, I know, I sound like I'm obsessed with Helen Macdonald. I'm not, but I am interested in nature and landscape, and she has thought and researched at length about the topic. I've called this post a commentary, because it's not a review. Rather, I'm going to draw on both an On Nature column she … Continue reading Helen Macdonald, The human flock (Commentary)
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Delicious descriptions: Helen Macdonald on nature
Before I share the couple of quotes I saved for this post, from my review of Helen Macdonald's H is for hawk, I want to mention one more idea that I considered including in my ever-lengthening review, and that's the idea of a journey. I'm mentioning it now because Claire (of Word by Word) mentioned … Continue reading Delicious descriptions: Helen Macdonald on nature
Helen Macdonald, H is for hawk (Review)
My reading really has been rather odd lately. I've read a memoir about horse-racing (Gerald Murnane's Something for the pain), a novel about hedge-funds and investment banking (Kate Jenning's Moral hazard), and now a grief memoir focused on falconry (Helen Macdonald's H is for hawk). None of these are topics I would naturally pick up, but in … Continue reading Helen Macdonald, H is for hawk (Review)
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