I believe I bought a volume of poetry—maybe by William Carlos William—from one of those Bryn Mawr bookstores—The Lantern in DC! Thanks for that list of books. The one on learning and the desire for God looks good!
Your list of book titles and authors from the 80s really hits a chord. I remember so many of these.
I'm fortunate to be near some excellent used book shops where you can stumble across autographed copies, as well as one bookshop that notes the edition in every volume. I've had to scout for used bookshelves as I've found too many treasures in these shops. Browsing in these shops is an addictive pasttime that can get really expensive!
The Love of Learning and the Desire for God is a classic and really makes one appreciate our indebtedness to the monastic culture of the Middle Ages. On that note I offer two titles I picked up at a Bryn Mawr in those years:
I believe I bought a volume of poetry—maybe by William Carlos William—from one of those Bryn Mawr bookstores—The Lantern in DC! Thanks for that list of books. The one on learning and the desire for God looks good!
Your list of book titles and authors from the 80s really hits a chord. I remember so many of these.
I'm fortunate to be near some excellent used book shops where you can stumble across autographed copies, as well as one bookshop that notes the edition in every volume. I've had to scout for used bookshelves as I've found too many treasures in these shops. Browsing in these shops is an addictive pasttime that can get really expensive!
I know the allure of the used bookstores, I owe a great deal of my education to them.
The Love of Learning and the Desire for God is a classic and really makes one appreciate our indebtedness to the monastic culture of the Middle Ages. On that note I offer two titles I picked up at a Bryn Mawr in those years:
Founders of the Middle Ages by E.K. Rand
and
The Viking Portable Medieval Reader