Words On Words

For two years, contributor James Bark wrote about his fascination for the written word. He reads a lot of books, and by doing so he speculated, contemplated, and even celebrated this continued tradition in his life. Below is an archive of the entire Words On Words column.

Words on Words 2009

January 3, 2009 – Reading Statistics
January 11, 2009 – F. Scott-Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”
January 18, 2009 – Herman Mellville’s “Moby Dick”
January 25, 2009 – Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem’s “The Man On The Ceiling”
February 8, 2009 – Arthur Miller’s “Death Of A Salesman”
February 15, 2009 – Ray Bradburry’s “The Golden Apples Of The Sun and Other Stories”
February 22, 2009 – Vikas Swarup’s “Q+A”
March 8, 2009 – George Orwell’s “Down And Out In Paris And London”
March 15, 2009 – Farley Mowat’s “A Whale For The Killing”
March 23, 2009 – J.D. Ballard’s “Kingdom Come”
April 5, 2009 – Anne Dillard’s “Pilgrim At Tinker Creek”
April 19, 2009 – Ursula K. LeGuin
April 28, 2009 – Mixed Media, Part I
May 6, 2009 – Mixed Media, Part II
May 24, 2009 – Star Trek
June 14, 2009 – Neil Gaiman’s “American Gods”
June 28, 2009 – Summer Reads
July 12, 2009 – The Dedalus Book Of Finnish Fantasy
August 30, 2009 – Books Vs. Film
September 6, 2009 – Shelf Space
September 20, 2009 – L. Frank Baum’s “The Wizard of Oz” and “The Return To Oz”
October 18, 2009 – Alvin Schwartz’ “Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark”
November 8, 2009 – Margaret Atwood’s “Oryx And Cake”
November 22, 2009 – Political Memoirs
December 5, 2009 – Amazon and the Kindle
December 30, 2009 – Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”