Mauricio MatizinThe Ink Never DriesBOOKS I READ: The Sellout by Paul Beatty (2015).The one thing you can’t do while reading this book is not laugh out loud at some of be absurdities Beatty comes up with.Nov 10Nov 10
Mauricio MatizinThe Ink Never DriesBOOKS I READ: The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante (2014) translated by Ann Goldstein.The fourth and final installment of Ferrante’s Neapolitan series turns out to be my favorite of the set.Oct 13Oct 13
Mauricio MatizinThe Ink Never DriesBOOKS I READ: All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (1993).John Grady Cole heads down to Mexico with his buddy Lacey Rawlins, looking for work as vaqueros, finding forbidden love instead.Aug 29Aug 29
Mauricio MatizinThe Ink Never DriesTranscendence of WitnessingAn Immigrant’s Odyssey Reaches Its Last StopJun 20Jun 20
Mauricio MatizinHuman PartsRemembering Wilhelmenia Wiggins FernandezThe diva from “Diva” anchors my playlist of treasured songsApr 52Apr 52
Mauricio MatizinThe Ink Never DriesThe Books I’m Reading in 2024My reading log with links to reviews (15)Feb 271Feb 271
Mauricio MatizinThe Ink Never DriesAnd Down the Stretch They ComeOn this day, my father’s rebuttal of a reference-book detail was an early lesson on the value of a skeptical mindsetFeb 19Feb 19
Mauricio MatizinThe Ink Never DriesThe Books I Read in 2023A year-end summary from my reading log (28)Jan 31Jan 31
Mauricio MatizinCrow’s Feet: Life As We AgeThe Great Christmas-Tree HuntThe downside of the yearly ritual when living in the city.Dec 16, 20234Dec 16, 20234
Mauricio MatizinThe MemoiristChildhood Heroes — One Famous, One Not — Died on the Same DayThe confluence of the lives of Uncle Jorge and soccer great, Bobby Charlton.Nov 3, 2023Nov 3, 2023
