http://www.peterdsmith.com/archives/2008/12/01/that-city-on-a-hill-books-of-the-year/ Kafka’s mouse Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:51:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.peterdsmith.com/archives/2008/12/01/that-city-on-a-hill-books-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-612 PD Smith Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:32:02 +0000 http://www.peterdsmith.com/?p=343#comment-612 Thanks Paul - I thought you'd like Upton's book. It's fascinating... Thanks Paul - I thought you'd like Upton's book. It's fascinating...

]]> http://www.peterdsmith.com/archives/2008/12/01/that-city-on-a-hill-books-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-611 Paul Halpern Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:53:23 +0000 http://www.peterdsmith.com/?p=343#comment-611 So many fascinating titles this year--thanks for the great recommendations. I liked your apt description of the writing process (which could also apply to creative non-fiction): "fiction is a kind of alchemy, a mix of science and magic, fact and poetry." Interesting what you wrote about Chomsky--he's well-known here in academic circles and on the left-but is almost never mentioned by the mainstream media. I bought a copy of Another City (couldn't resist the Philadelphia connections!) and am enjoying it. So many fascinating titles this year--thanks for the great recommendations. I liked your apt description of the writing process (which could also apply to creative non-fiction): "fiction is a kind of alchemy, a mix of science and magic, fact and poetry." Interesting what you wrote about Chomsky--he's well-known here in academic circles and on the left-but is almost never mentioned by the mainstream media. I bought a copy of Another City (couldn't resist the Philadelphia connections!) and am enjoying it.

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