Chris Power
@chrispower.bsky.social
I read books, write books (Mothers, A Lonely Man) and write about books (Observer, LRB, Guardian etc). Was a Booker judge in 2025.
Thanks Cory! I really enjoyed thinking and writing about the book. Reading it was another matter.
February 15, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Thanks Cory! I really enjoyed thinking and writing about the book. Reading it was another matter.
Haven’t got further than the font yet, but it looks/sounds great
January 26, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Haven’t got further than the font yet, but it looks/sounds great
Not just book but ‘*the* book’!
January 21, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Not just book but ‘*the* book’!
You’ve reminded me that Harold Brodkey signed the contract for The Runaway Soul (1991) in 1961
January 20, 2026 at 11:56 AM
You’ve reminded me that Harold Brodkey signed the contract for The Runaway Soul (1991) in 1961
Ha ha a better question
January 20, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Ha ha a better question
That gives new resonance to 👍
January 17, 2026 at 1:28 PM
That gives new resonance to 👍
D himself, which he doesn’t make clear) thus removing a whole layer of meaning!
January 8, 2026 at 11:04 AM
D himself, which he doesn’t make clear) thus removing a whole layer of meaning!
I go with the Maudes for Tolstoy, given they were able to correspond with him. I do quite like the fact that if Garnett encountered a passage in Dostoevsky that she don’t understand she simply left it out. She did that with the author’s note at the start of BK (written by the fictional author, not
January 8, 2026 at 11:04 AM
I go with the Maudes for Tolstoy, given they were able to correspond with him. I do quite like the fact that if Garnett encountered a passage in Dostoevsky that she don’t understand she simply left it out. She did that with the author’s note at the start of BK (written by the fictional author, not