Political Fictions, i.e. I am reading The Grapes of Wrath and it is really, really good.

It seems like whenever I read a good book – well, not a good book, a world-altering book – I have so many things to say about it that I throw up my hands, give up, and just say that it was a good book. So this time I am going to try something different and write down those things as they come to mind.

The Nature of Good Books

We forget our strongest emoti…