Reading Notes 1

Dear Living Dark reader,

This is the first post in what will be an occasional, ongoing series. I’ll use it to track what I’m presently reading, researching, studying, and textually imbibing and enjoying—books, articles, essays, stories— by paraphrasing and labeling core points, quoting especially striking passages, and noting down my brief thoughts, reactions, and reflections. Consider it a slimmed down version of the “Notes and Gleanings” series that I published intermittently during the first y...