#25 - Voices in the Night. If you are a short story enthusiast, these will not disappoint. I know the genre likes to be moralistic and impart some great message and Millhauser is good at this. But he also has some fun stories, which I am more inclined to like. He has re-written several fairy tales and I loved the way he let them end. It is a good read.
#26 - I felt compelled to read Song of Myself since it supposed to be one of the great American poems. It does not disappoint. I did not know that Whitman struggled with his own identity in life - I don't think he ever knew if he was a teetotaler/homosexual/bon vivant/transcendentalist. But that crept into his poem in the smallest way and doesn't detract from his greatness. It is not for high-school reading, maybe college. It does raise lots of interesting questions about our society and our purpose. You are missing a piece of your American roots if you don't read it.
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