Rebecca Clarke
What books are on your night stand?
My night stand is a mess. There are always books piled up, sometimes spilling onto the floor. I’m about to start Rebecca Makkai’s “I Have Some Questions for You.” I just finished “Still Pictures,” by Janet Malcolm. My daughter recently recommended “Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion,” by Bushra Rehman. Yesterday afternoon I read a graphic memoir, “Gender Queer,” by Maia Kobabe, the most banned book in the country right now. I found it moving and enlightening. Books I’ve finished but still in the pile: “Ms. Demeanor,” by Elinor Lipman, because I never miss one of her funny, delightful novels. “The Light Pirate,” by Lily Brooks Dalton, a book I can’t stop thinking about so I have to go back and read parts of it again.
What’s the last great book you read?
“The Magician,” by Colm Toibin. My husband read it first and told me it was brilliant and that I’d enjoy it. It was and I did.Rebecca Clarke