![]() ![]() Diaz has a fine ear for the differing styles each type of document requires: Bonds is engrossing but has a touch of the fusty, dialogue-free fiction of a century past, and Ida is a keen, Lillian Ross–type observer. Structurally, Diaz’s novel is a feat of literary gamesmanship in the tradition of David Mitchell or Richard Powers. Two more documents-a memoir by Ida Partenza, an accomplished magazine writer, and a diary by Mildred, Bevel’s brilliant wife-serve to explain those echoes. Bonds is followed by the unfinished text of a memoir by Andrew Bevel, a famously successful New York investor whose life echoes many of the incidents in Vanner’s novel. But the comforts of being one of the wealthiest men in the U.S.-even after the 1929 crash-are undone by the mental decline of his wife. Pulitzer finalist Diaz’s ingenious second novel-following In the Distance (2017)-opens with the text of Bonds, a Wharton-esque novel by Harold Vanner that tells the story of a reclusive man who finds his calling and a massive fortune in the stock market in the early 20th century. ![]() ![]() A tale of wealth, love, and madness told in four distinct but connected narratives. ![]()
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![]() ![]() So, this all leads to the question, what can you read to delight and inspire your students? I asked this question on Facebook and had over 80 responses! Here is a list of their suggestions (along with a few comments from me). What can you read to delight and inspire your students? NOTE: As Amazon Associates, we earn from qualifying purchases. Watson to thank for my life-long love of reading. But, in addition, most were part of a series, or at the very least from a prolific author so that we could find more to read. We traveled across the tundra with Julie, ran away from the the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Claudia, and learned lessons the hard way with JD and His Brother Tom. He read us The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and then I had to read the whole Narnia series. Watson read us the best books, and he always stopped at the most exciting part, with all of us begging for more. ![]() ![]() When I look back on my own elementary days (so very long ago), I can’t remember what books my teacher read out loud to us, with one exception: My fourth grade teacher, Mr. ![]() ![]() One study estimated that when Akron’s favorite son, LeBron James, came back to play in Cleveland after a stint in South Beach, the number of eating and drinking establishments within one mile of Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse increased by 13.7% and LeBron’s presence increased employment in bars and restaurants by 23.5%.Ĭould it be the case that it’s not the shiny new stadium but rather what’s going on inside that really matters? I think so. Now it’s poised to spend $395 million to help fund a baseball stadium for the A’s. It recently spent $750 million in public money to help build a football stadium for the Raiders. Las Vegas is betting that this time, things are going to be different. ![]() |