Short Reads For One Sitting

The coming weekend is one of the few I have free to sit at home and do some good reading and writing. The weather is even cooperating with a solid block of weekend rain to keep me bound indoors. In case you are fortunate enough to be in the same situation, what follows is a list of reads I have enjoyed, some recently and some not-so-recently, reads you could easily enjoy in one sitting, perched on a windowsill, or in the crook of a tree. (The first few links go to Powell's; the rest are links to the actual texts.)

Madeleine L'Engle - Meet The Austins
Truman Capote - Breakfast At Tiffany's
Alan Bennett - The Uncommon Reader
Bruce Eaton - Big Star's Radio City
Elizabeth Bowen - "The Demon Lover" (any of Bowen's stories, really)
Annie Dillard - from An American Childhood
Wendell Berry - "The Nature Consumers"
John Hughes - "Vacation '58"
11 Things By Josh Allen That Everyone Should Read
The short absurdist prose of Daniil Kharms

May we all find comfortable armchairs, warm cups of tea, and pleasant views out rain-or-sun-streaked window panes.

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