The Short Stories of Ring Lardner
“I Can’t Breathe” is the name of the first story I ever read by Ring Lardner. It concerns a well-to-do 18-year-old girl who is infatuated, off and on, with several boys.
History of Japanese Religion by Masaharu Anesaki
In a 1974 movie called The Yakuza, it is claimed that the Japanese do not believe in a heaven or hell.
Pacific War Diary by James J. Fahey
From 1942 to 1945, James Fahey served on board the USS Montpelier, and recorded his experiences in a diary.
“The Violent Bear It Away” by Flannery O’Connor
Francis Marion Tarwater, a fourteen-year-old hillbilly, is the main protagonist of O’Connor’s second novel (published in 1960).
Kafka’s Stories and Novels
Franz Kafka, insurance agent and literary genius, died from tuberculosis in 1924 at the age of forty.
On the Road, etc., by Jack Kerouac
“Naked Lunch” was the first thing I read by any of the beat writers.
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