Nice Passages From
I like collecting excerpts from books. It’s been a while since I’ve updated them but here they are.
2021
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The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver — March 31
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The Plague, by Albert Camus — March 31
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How to Think, by Alan Jacobs — March 31
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Cat Is Art Spelled Wrong (a compilation of essays) — March 31
2020
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Lab Girl, by Hope Jahren — May 24
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How to Catch a Mole, by Marc Hamer — May 24
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Erosion, by Terry Tempest Williams — May 24
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The Scar: A Personal History of Depression and Recovery, by Mary Cregan — May 19
2019
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The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan — November 11
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The Dirty Life, by Kristin Kimball — November 11
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Lost Children Archive, by Valeria Luiselli — November 11
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Let Me Not Be Mad, by A.K. Benjamin — November 11
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Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer — November 11
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver — November 11
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The Medusa and the Snail, by Lewis Thomas — March 14
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The Gigantic Beard that Became Evil, by Stephen Collins — March 14
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Federer and Me, by William Skidelsky — March 14
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Notes on a Thesis, by Tiphaine Rivière — February 1
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The Circuit, by Rowan Ricardo Phillips — January 28
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The Shadow of the Wind, The Circuit, Wonder Boys, and The Lathe of Heaven — January 28
2018
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Passing for Human, by Liana Finck — November 11
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Outline, by Rachel Cusk — November 11
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Time Was, The Botany of Desire, and The Milk-Lady of Bangalore — October 11
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The Overstory, by Richard Powers — August 8
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Ex Libris, and, At Large and at Small, by Anne Fadiman — June 22
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Ursula K. Le Guin — June 4
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Greenland and Frederick Backman — June 4
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The Best We Could Do, Thi Bui — May 2
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The Earthsea Cycle, by Ursula K. Le Guin — April 12
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Autumn, by Karl Ove Knausgaard — February 23