I was a big fan of The Guncle and The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley, so when I saw his The Dogs of Venice (print publication day October 14, 2025) available on NetGalley, I immediately requested it. As the story opens, Paul finds out that his marriage is over but they had scheduled a tripContinue reading “The Dogs of Venice”
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Go As A River
Go As A River (2023) by Shelley Read was a book group selection I probably wouldn’t have chosen myself. I did quite enjoy it, though, despite some unnecessary anti-fat bias in at least one character description. Victoria Nash is a 17-year old living on a Colorado peach farm in 1948, tending house for her father,Continue reading “Go As A River”
True Grit
I had not thought much about True Grit by Charles Portis (1968) until the Indianapolis Public Library and the Eiteljorg Museum gave away a free copy as part of a National Endowment for the Arts Big Read program in 2018 or 2019. I took a copy, added it to the Pile, and sadly, gave awayContinue reading “True Grit”
Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia
In Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia (pub. January 9, 2024), Kate Manne has gathered current research and writing about fatness, anti-fat bias (fatphobia), and diet culture, and added her own philosophical analysis (she is a philosophy professor at Cornell), creating something completely original. I’ve been aware of the possibility of being a fat person whoContinue reading “Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia”
Reading While Fat 