Bingo Little
@bingolittle.bsky.social
Pal of Bertie Wooster. We were at school together, don't you know. Book lover, curious about the world.
@backlisted.bsky.social Wonderful evening in NYC with John Mitchinson back in the saddle at the 92nd Street Y, great discussion about William Maxwell with Jennifer Egan, Deborah Treisman and Alec Wilkinson — and warmup act Nicky Birch. Bravo!
October 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
@backlisted.bsky.social Wonderful evening in NYC with John Mitchinson back in the saddle at the 92nd Street Y, great discussion about William Maxwell with Jennifer Egan, Deborah Treisman and Alec Wilkinson — and warmup act Nicky Birch. Bravo!
Just finished The Book of I by David Greig, set in Scotland in 835, thanks to
@ssacks.bsky.social review. One of the best novels read this year — so evocative, smart, and funny, despite the slaughter by raiding Vikings. Proof again short books are so often better. @backlisted.bsky.social
@ssacks.bsky.social review. One of the best novels read this year — so evocative, smart, and funny, despite the slaughter by raiding Vikings. Proof again short books are so often better. @backlisted.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Just finished The Book of I by David Greig, set in Scotland in 835, thanks to
@ssacks.bsky.social review. One of the best novels read this year — so evocative, smart, and funny, despite the slaughter by raiding Vikings. Proof again short books are so often better. @backlisted.bsky.social
@ssacks.bsky.social review. One of the best novels read this year — so evocative, smart, and funny, despite the slaughter by raiding Vikings. Proof again short books are so often better. @backlisted.bsky.social
Thanks to a memorable @backlisted.bsky.social episode on Tove Jansson a few years back, her book caught my eye in this free little library in front of the Finnish embassy in Washington a couple of days ago. Now if only I could read it! @iammilliam.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Thanks to a memorable @backlisted.bsky.social episode on Tove Jansson a few years back, her book caught my eye in this free little library in front of the Finnish embassy in Washington a couple of days ago. Now if only I could read it! @iammilliam.bsky.social
Just read this novel, Women, Seated by Zhang Yueran in two days — a story set in contemporary China and perfectly pitched. Just elliptical enough to be compelling and the absolute right length — 198 pages.
@iammilliam.bsky.social @levistahl.bsky.social @phaude.bsky.social
@iammilliam.bsky.social @levistahl.bsky.social @phaude.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Just read this novel, Women, Seated by Zhang Yueran in two days — a story set in contemporary China and perfectly pitched. Just elliptical enough to be compelling and the absolute right length — 198 pages.
@iammilliam.bsky.social @levistahl.bsky.social @phaude.bsky.social
@iammilliam.bsky.social @levistahl.bsky.social @phaude.bsky.social
For some reason, this made me think of @iammilliam.bsky.social @backlisted.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
For some reason, this made me think of @iammilliam.bsky.social @backlisted.bsky.social
Somehow I had missed this Dortmunder comic caper — my good fortune to get to read it now. So amusing and fun, John and Andy and Tiny scamming scammers, complete with a visit to the OJ Bar & Grill. Which is your favorite Dortmunder book, @levistahl.bsky.social?
July 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Somehow I had missed this Dortmunder comic caper — my good fortune to get to read it now. So amusing and fun, John and Andy and Tiny scamming scammers, complete with a visit to the OJ Bar & Grill. Which is your favorite Dortmunder book, @levistahl.bsky.social?
I read the 1969 Donald Westlake comic crime novel Somebody Owes Me Money yesterday to stay inside and beat the heat — thanks to seeing it on @levistahl.bsky.social. Great fun as usual — and never had heard of it before.
June 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I read the 1969 Donald Westlake comic crime novel Somebody Owes Me Money yesterday to stay inside and beat the heat — thanks to seeing it on @levistahl.bsky.social. Great fun as usual — and never had heard of it before.
From Rebecca West’s Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, about the Austrian empire in 1914 — and still true today
March 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
From Rebecca West’s Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, about the Austrian empire in 1914 — and still true today
@iammilliam.bsky.social Whenever I pass this sign on Route 89 in New Hampshire, as I did a few days ago on my way to Lyme, I think of you — and Sue Perkins, another child of Croyden. A bit different from the original flavor, of course.
December 7, 2024 at 3:39 PM
@iammilliam.bsky.social Whenever I pass this sign on Route 89 in New Hampshire, as I did a few days ago on my way to Lyme, I think of you — and Sue Perkins, another child of Croyden. A bit different from the original flavor, of course.
From actress Myrna Loy’s 1987 memoir, commenting on how Adlai Stevenson lost the presidential election in 1956. Some things never change.
December 2, 2024 at 1:37 AM
From actress Myrna Loy’s 1987 memoir, commenting on how Adlai Stevenson lost the presidential election in 1956. Some things never change.
The best novel I’ve read this year, Season of the Swamp by Yuri Herrera — where every word counts, I’m genuinely moved, and I can’t stop thinking about it, long after the final page. Thanks to @ssacks.bsky.social for the recommendation. @yuriherrera.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social
October 13, 2024 at 3:27 PM
The best novel I’ve read this year, Season of the Swamp by Yuri Herrera — where every word counts, I’m genuinely moved, and I can’t stop thinking about it, long after the final page. Thanks to @ssacks.bsky.social for the recommendation. @yuriherrera.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social
Just read this wonderful book — highly recommended. Even if you don’t consider yourself a Nancy fan, you will learn and laugh. @nancycomics.bsky.social
June 2, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Just read this wonderful book — highly recommended. Even if you don’t consider yourself a Nancy fan, you will learn and laugh. @nancycomics.bsky.social
I happened upon this exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum today and of course thought of @iammilliam.bsky.social Quite the exhibit of Paul’s snaps — takes us back in time
May 3, 2024 at 6:15 PM
I happened upon this exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum today and of course thought of @iammilliam.bsky.social Quite the exhibit of Paul’s snaps — takes us back in time
Alexander Pham’s new novel, Twilight Territory
April 16, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Alexander Pham’s new novel, Twilight Territory
Just finished this remarkable novel by Samantha Harvey. Saw her speak at @portersqbooks.bsky.social last week, so thoughtful and, like her book, thought-provoking. Highly recommended @backlisted.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social
April 12, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Just finished this remarkable novel by Samantha Harvey. Saw her speak at @portersqbooks.bsky.social last week, so thoughtful and, like her book, thought-provoking. Highly recommended @backlisted.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social
From the 1852 series The Twelve Months by Utagawa Kunisada (signing his art name Toyokuni here in the toshidama cartouche — we know him as Toyokuni III) — a lovely series. @floatingworlds.bsky.social
April 12, 2024 at 1:53 AM
From the 1852 series The Twelve Months by Utagawa Kunisada (signing his art name Toyokuni here in the toshidama cartouche — we know him as Toyokuni III) — a lovely series. @floatingworlds.bsky.social
From Emily, when I shared this lovely photo, a perfect quote. Thought you’d appreciate it
March 22, 2024 at 2:16 AM
From Emily, when I shared this lovely photo, a perfect quote. Thought you’d appreciate it
Kunisada’s Mimeguri Shrine from a mid-1830 series of portraits of beautiful women and famous scenes around Edo. This print is part of the exhibit Kunisada: Art Within Art at Matt Brown Fine Arts in Lyme, NH — which also includes a preparatory drawing for this print. mbrownfa.com/art-within-a...
March 16, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Kunisada’s Mimeguri Shrine from a mid-1830 series of portraits of beautiful women and famous scenes around Edo. This print is part of the exhibit Kunisada: Art Within Art at Matt Brown Fine Arts in Lyme, NH — which also includes a preparatory drawing for this print. mbrownfa.com/art-within-a...
Writers, not only Proust, nearly all writers, make too much of things as a rule: it’s as if they took for granted that their readers lived in vacuums, which may be true some of the time but is at least an impolite assumption and very often leads to boredom.— Dashiell Hammett @backlisted.bsky.social
February 25, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Writers, not only Proust, nearly all writers, make too much of things as a rule: it’s as if they took for granted that their readers lived in vacuums, which may be true some of the time but is at least an impolite assumption and very often leads to boredom.— Dashiell Hammett @backlisted.bsky.social
Amazing. I saw this at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles recently, a 1649 engraving of the head of Jesus, a single line starting in the middle, stretching for 150 meters as it circles to create the image, by Claude Mellan
February 25, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Amazing. I saw this at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles recently, a 1649 engraving of the head of Jesus, a single line starting in the middle, stretching for 150 meters as it circles to create the image, by Claude Mellan
From the 1830s series Bridges of Edo by Kunisada, a beauty playing a shamisen with the bridge over the Sumida River, which flows through Edo, now Tokyo, in the background @floatingworlds.bsky.social @ukleguin.bsky.social
February 24, 2024 at 11:38 PM
From the 1830s series Bridges of Edo by Kunisada, a beauty playing a shamisen with the bridge over the Sumida River, which flows through Edo, now Tokyo, in the background @floatingworlds.bsky.social @ukleguin.bsky.social
Some profound words on the writing life from Diane Johnson’s Dashiell Hammett: A Life — which I picked up because of the @backlisted.bsky.social podcast on another of her biographies. @wildtwin.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social
February 14, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Some profound words on the writing life from Diane Johnson’s Dashiell Hammett: A Life — which I picked up because of the @backlisted.bsky.social podcast on another of her biographies. @wildtwin.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social
Just finished the powerful and very thought-provoking novel The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence from 1964 — I can’t stop thinking about Hagar and her stories, about old age and troubled lives. Fantastic @backlisted.bsky.social choice and highly recommended @iammilliam.bsky.social
January 22, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Just finished the powerful and very thought-provoking novel The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence from 1964 — I can’t stop thinking about Hagar and her stories, about old age and troubled lives. Fantastic @backlisted.bsky.social choice and highly recommended @iammilliam.bsky.social
@iammilliam.bsky.social What is it with Sarahs and breakups? First "The Sarah Book," now I stumble upon Doggie Daycare's "(forgetting) Sarah Marshall" on Bandcamp: fortlowell.bandcamp.com/album/forget...
January 3, 2024 at 2:00 AM
@iammilliam.bsky.social What is it with Sarahs and breakups? First "The Sarah Book," now I stumble upon Doggie Daycare's "(forgetting) Sarah Marshall" on Bandcamp: fortlowell.bandcamp.com/album/forget...
My friends were generous — I’ve got quite the pile to go through @backlisted.bsky.social @mungo2434.bsky.social
December 25, 2023 at 9:53 PM
My friends were generous — I’ve got quite the pile to go through @backlisted.bsky.social @mungo2434.bsky.social