The Amateur
Cecily CarverEssays about books, opera, and whatever else I'm interested in.
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Walking the Stevenson Trail
Part of the chemin Stevenson (GR 70), near Chasseradès.
This past week I’ve been in France walking the Stevenson Trail (officially the Grande Randonnée 70), which follows the itinerary of Robert Louis Stevenson as documented in his short e...
My favorite fiction by decade, 1800-2000
Regular readers may remember that a few months ago I spoke to Jack and Milo of the Solomon & Smith podcast about one of my favorite films: Abel Gance’s 1927 epic Napoleon.
They invited me back for something equally fun: sharing my list of...
Cultural Consumption Report
A lot of my writing energy lately has been going towards another round of revisions on my novel. But I’d like to share some of the things I’ve been reading, seeing, and doing this summer.
You can buy this edition on eBay here, where I swip...
The highbrow rom-com
My copy of The Egoist by George Meredit
One of my character faults — a fault common to many snobs — is that if a lot of people are reading and writing about a particular book, I tend to lose interest in reading or writing about it myself (...
How to go to the opera
I wish I were seeing the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Tristan und Isolde this month. If the New York Times is publishing pieces like this about it, I must assume that it’s attracting a few attendees who are not regular opera-goers. Th...
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I write about things that interest me, mostly books, movies, culture, and classical music. Canadian living in Seattle and working in tech.
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