Currently I'm reading two books. Let me talk about the collection of sports writing, first; I think that it's more likely to surprise people that I would be reading that. The book is compiled from Harper's long history, and it's entitled Rules of the Game. The essays of several great writers compose this book: there's work by George Plimpton, Tom Wolfe, Mark Twain, Lewis Lapham, and (this is a surprise) Shirley Jackson. Yes, Shirley "The Lottery" Jackson.
In Remembering Smell, Bonnie Blodgett tells the story of losing her sense of smell in a freak reaction to a nasal spray (Zicam, folks!). The writing is also quite good here as Blodgett has written about gardening and plants for years. It's a sad and fascinating book--one of those investigations where the writer looks at the scientific and magical aspects of something we can easily take for granted.
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