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Reading Log, Week 3

It's sweeps week, with guest stars Adrienne Rich and Ernest Hemingway.

I took a break from Bertolt Brecht and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa for most of the week and read more Adrienne Rich and Ernest Hemingway, with an essay by Ursula K. Le Guin and a story China Mieville.

Nov. 30 to Dec. 6

Sunday:

  • Poem: Adrienne Rich, “In the North” (1963)
  • Essay: John Berger, “I would softly tell my love” (2002)
  • Story: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, “The Writer’s Craft” (1924)

Monday:

  • Poem: Adrienne Rich, “Sisters” (1963)
  • Essay: John Berger, “Studio Talk (for Miquel Barceló)” (1998)
  • Story: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, “The Baby’s Sickness” (1923)

Tuesday:

  • Poem: Adrienne Rich, “Peeling Onions” (1963)
  • Essay: John Berger, “The Chauvet Cave” (1996)
  • Story: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, “Death Register” (1926)

Wednesday:

  • Poem: Adrienne Rich, “Apology” (1963)
  • Essay: John Berger, “Penelope” (1997)
  • Story: Ernest Hemingway, “Ten Indians” (1927)

Thursday:

  • Poem: Adrienne Rich, “Peace” (1963)
  • Essay: John Berger, “The Fayum Portraits” (1998)
  • Story: Ernest Hemingway, “The Indians Moved Away” (1920s?)

Friday:

  • Poem: Bertolt Brecht, “Liturgie vom Hauch” (1924)
  • Essay: John Berger, “Degas” (1993)
  • Story: Ernest Hemingway, “The Light of the World” (1932)

Saturday:

  • Poem: Bertolt Brecht, “Legende vom toten Soldaten” (1927)
  • Essay: Ursula K. Le Guin, “Information, Theft, and Confusion” (2010)
  • Story: China Mieville, “Three Moments of an Explosion” (2015)