Archive - Art / Life: Scribblings by Michael Bryson

Early 2026 readings

Apr 5 • Michael Bryson

March 2026

Almost Cut My Hair (2026)

On 4 Years of Art/Life

Mar 7 • Michael Bryson

January 2026

From A Complicated Kindness (2004) to A Truce That Is Not Peace (2025)

Jan 31 • Michael Bryson

December 2025

Year-end reading update

Dec 26, 2025 • Michael Bryson

November 2025

Thom Jones (2011)

In which the author reads (and lives) “I Want to Live!”

Nov 23, 2025 • Michael Bryson

On Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025)

Nov 9, 2025 • Michael Bryson

On The Brothers Karamazov (1880)

Nov 1, 2025 • Michael Bryson

October 2025

Blue Jays (1977-2025)

In which the author recounts birdwatching

Oct 22, 2025 • Michael Bryson

September 2025

Late-summer reading update

Sep 22, 2025 • Michael Bryson

Gary Snyder & Grief Illiteracy

On a Stephen Jenkinson interview and the end of the modern era

Sep 6, 2025 • Michael Bryson

August 2025

Sally Rooney (plus

A response to two Rooney novels and one by Henry James

Aug 31, 2025 • Michael Bryson

John Lavery (2002-06)

In which the author spins a lot of wheels

Aug 17, 2025 • Michael Bryson

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