Archive - Evan Reads

June 2025

The Worried Talk to God Goes On

On Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Demons" (translated by Pevear and Volokhonsky)

Jun 27 •

Repacking My Library

On Benjamin's "Unpacking My Library" and moving all my goddamn books

Jun 19 •

Odd Birds of Illinois and Indiana

On Charles Portis's "Masters of Atlantis"

Jun 12 •

In the Heart of the Heart of Darkness

On Rafael Bernal's "Death Was His Name" (translated by Kit Schluter)

Jun 5 •

Recommendations Thread: June 2025

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Jun 2 •

May 2025

A Ghost Is Born

On Yu Miri's "Tokyo Ueno Station" (translated by Morgan Giles)

May 29 •

Big Wheel Keep On Turning

On Herman Melville's final novel, "The Confidence-Man"

May 23 •

A Finger In The Eye of Nostalgia

On Daša Drndić's "EEG" (translated by Celia Hawkesworth)

May 15 •

The Ambiguity of Half-Truths

On Ali Watkins' "The Next One Is For You"

May 8 •

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