Bookforum

As habits and routines bubble up for inspection and suggestion, I discovered on Sunday that I hadn't bought the latest Bookforum. Flipping through such during 60 Minutes I asked my wife is she wanted to peruse. She asked if there were any books within that I felt I had to have. Thinking for a moment, I said, no, not really. There are a number of exceptional essays, especially the one on Solzhenitsyn and Edward Said. I read that this afternoon while noshing on curry. It inspired the thought of returning to both Orientalism and Culture and Imperialism, if only to browse.