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Richard Powers

Richard Powers

I read "Overstory," a few weeks ago because Chat suggested it as a comp for my novel. I immediately finished it and then started "Playground." As a writer, it is humbling to read something done so well that you yourself want to do. Powers did with the Ocean in...

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Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

I can’t remember exactly why I started reading Anna Karenina because it was so long ago, but I am somewhat confident it was a reference to C.S. Lewis’s book about love or maybe the one about grief. It was my hard book. I try to read two books at the same time, an easy...

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Long Bond Trading Strategy

Long Bond Trading Strategy

My last financial post on 25 March Connecting the Dots could have been construed as a timing call, which wouldn’t be too far off base. As for myself, I’m over 26% YTD, but that post then (as clearly stated) was not to be considered financial advice then, and what...

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