Nolan Can Read

Peter Matthiessen

January 14, 2024

Shadow Country

By Peter Matthiessen

The term shadow cousins refers to family members that are excommunicated, not spoken of and ignored. At least in the parlance of the book; I suppose in real life as well, although I have not heard of it elsewhere. The...

June 25, 2023

The Snow Leopard

By Peter Matthiessen

Reading this brought to mind Susan Sontag’s On Photography, or at least what I remember of it/what I imagine it as saying, having read it a number of years ago. Not to say that they have anything in common or...