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The Ink Never Dries

The Books I Read in 2024

A year-end summary from my reading log (16)

Jan 4

Three book covers: Small Things Like These, Prayers for the Stolen, These Precious Days.

Jan 4

Published in
Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

How Are You Keeping Busy?

The value of having a go-to response to this question and other anecdotes for success in retirement.

Dec 12, 2024

Picture of a black dog wearing a red harness on a dirt path looking back at owner. Dog seems to be asking, “are you coming?”

Dec 12, 2024

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The Ink Never Dries

BOOKS I READ: Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands by Sarah Towle (2024).

Sarah Towle shines a light on the truly despicable treatment of migrants paid for and on behalf of the U.S. taxpayers.

Dec 2, 2024

Book cover for Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands by Sarah Towle (2024).

Dec 2, 2024

Published in
The Ink Never Dries

Transcendence of Witnessing

An Immigrant’s Odyssey Reaches Its Last Stop

Jun 20, 2024

Immaculate Conception Church in Astoria, Queens.

Jun 20, 2024

Published in
Human Parts

Remembering Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez

The diva from “Diva” anchors my playlist of treasured songs

Apr 5, 2024

“Diva Original Soundtrack” LP cover, showing front and back. Front features movie stills; back include the track listing and more stills from the movie, including one of Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez in her white gown from the theater scene.

Apr 5, 2024

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The Ink Never Dries

And Down the Stretch They Come

On this day, my father’s rebuttal of a reference-book detail was an early lesson on the value of a skeptical mindset

Feb 19, 2024

Three covers from the Nature Library series: Early Man (a skull); The Mammals (a lion’s face); The Insects (a dragonfly on a plant).

Feb 19, 2024

Published in
The Ink Never Dries

The Books I Read in 2023

A year-end summary from my reading log (28)

Jan 3, 2024

Three book covers from this year’s list.

Jan 3, 2024

Published in
Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

The Great Christmas-Tree Hunt

The downside of the yearly ritual when living in the city.

Dec 16, 2023

Two kids on a tree farm wearing winter wear; one holds a saw ready to take down a Christmas tree.

Dec 16, 2023

Published in
The Memoirist

Childhood Heroes — One Famous, One Not — Died on the Same Day

The confluence of the lives of Uncle Jorge and soccer great, Bobby Charlton.

Nov 3, 2023

Black and white photo showing a bungalow under construction in the background; in the foreground, a child and adult playfully working the grounds with a shovel and pitchfork. Child is clearly having fun.

Nov 3, 2023

Published in
The Ink Never Dries

A Reading in Jackson Heights

Facing an audience for the first time.

Jul 19, 2023

A Reading in Jackson Heights

Jul 19, 2023

Mauricio Matiz

Mauricio Matiz

The essays, stories, and poems I've released on Medium are collected at The Ink Never Dries (medium.com/matiz).

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