Recent Reads: K.C. Chang, Yi Munyol, Osamu Dazai (at the Top, Followed by Recent Writings Talk) David Novak Reads Poetry 2026-09-21 | Recent Reads: K.C. Chang, Yi Munyol, Osamu Dazai (at the Top, Followed by Recent Writings Talk)
The Tide’s Turning David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-28 | Previous poem “The Siege of Amalek”: youtu.be/Wq_EVsAKDBY#amalek
A Bit of Wisdom from Iron and Silk David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-27 | Book by Mark SalzmanYesterday’s video: youtu.be/2tZ7ojU_2cw
A China Potpourri: Books from My Collection That Are Chinese or Chinese-Adjacent David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-26 | YouTube channels mentioned:@Shellyish @geopoliticshaiphong Shelly Swearingen’s inspiring video: youtu.be/JRPUW7E30ps?si=vvAcRMZfYLst9jSFScott Ritter talks about intelligence expertise in Russia during this livestream with Danny Haiphong: youtube.com/live/6xJH4wRr9ls?si=wvCAYaGk_SDbVxAjHis relevant discussion, which brought me to thinking about the “China hands,” begins at 1:39:50 and onward.
Canal Walk: A Scene from Ancient Chinese Poetry | China Between Empires by Mark Edward Lewis David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-23 | Other poetry found in Lewis gets a reading here: youtu.be/SOjSlsERJl8
“Pacific” | Poem by Robert Fitzgerald David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-23 | I have no idea the provenance of this poem; it just popped up as a Facebook “memory” but beyond that I cannot say. Fitzgerald is more known to me as a translator of Homer than a poet in his own right.
Weekend Reading Report: Mark Edward Lewis, George Eliot, Henry Adams and … Euclid?!? David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-21 | Euclid’s The Elements is edited and translated by Sir Thomas Heath; I misidentified him as Robert. 😬My video on historians with stellar prose is here: youtu.be/mBa87zG9iFQ
Discursive Discourse and an Article by Caitlin Johnstone David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-19 | How the Future Broke by Umair Haquetheissue.io/how-the-future-brokeCaitlin Johnstone @CaitlinJohnstone link: youtu.be/lrAxumrh50Q?si=fT0MeI1qJbmmFVfHMehdi Hasan @zeteo_news here talking about the incident in Plainfield: youtu.be/d9v37g6DQqs?si=bQfPPhIfMhLG7mzu
Poetry Thursday: A Reading of Some War Poetry David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-19 | Geoffrey Hill talking about Owen (and other things): youtu.be/trQw9LpBs80?si=N29xgvRAWT4pLEhuSteve Donoghue reads Eberhardt’s poem:youtu.be/RT9ZIjxuQfU?si=HwER3DAIWefMU1pAMy reading of Eberhardt’s poem: youtu.be/6PK-1RR649wI believe an equivalent “joke” about sincerity came from The Best of the Best American Poetry: youtu.be/8CGpX0wpnq0
Poetry on Old Age and Youth’s Transience from The Early Chinese Empires by Mark Edward Lewis David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-16 | From The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han
The Shakespeare Journey Tag — My Second Take with Lots of Extra Nonsense David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-15 | The Shakespeare Journey Tag.This is an original tag from the #shaketember hosts: Kelly @booksimnotreading Jason @OldBluesChapterandVerse and Nicole @adayofsmallthings I was tagged by Quaint and Curious Volumes @JamesRuchala whose version of the tag is here: youtu.be/yuVGa2o6p2M?si=Daliz0iQx60242lFThese are the prompts:1. What was your first experience reading Shakespeare and what was it like? 2. Has the reading of a Shakespeare play ever brought you to tears? What scene was it and where were you when it happened? 3. Are there any people that have played a significant role in your Shakespeare journey? 4. Do you have a favourite book or film about Shakespeare?5. Which character in Shakespeare most resembles you and in what ways? 6. Which play would you most like to see performed in a theatre and why? 7. What actor, throughout history, would you most like to have seen play Hamlet while in his prime? 8. Deliver your favourite speech or soliloquy from a Shakespeare play. 9. Do any of Shakespeare's plays intimidate you? If yes, what play and why? 10. What tips would you give to intimidated readers coming to Shakespeare for the first time? 11. Which is your favourite Shakespeare play and why? 12. Tag other Booktubers.Last year’s version: youtu.be/q8K132bDQMcSarah Bernhardt Hamlet youtu.be/vJwQy-DhV2s?si=EBsJ5y28u5pNre_E
Framed in September: A Collection of Art Books David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-14 | Hosts:@bouquinsbooks @anotherbibliophilereads @HannahsBooks @lindysmagpiereads @heathergregg9975 Announcement videos:youtu.be/_3oJceCIpBQ?si=XwbUoVBFcNkwTX48youtu.be/A9ymucmMVD0?si=kkE9pyu94R8sJ_yGyoutu.be/NZCdT2kAoj0?si=eZgiP1RURHtyEz7dyoutu.be/60v2BB5RgDE?si=SR5YEwfx7xPLj6mDyoutu.be/ps9aPbLw6Hs?si=zYzw2xBoe-zIEDN1#FramedinSeptember
Trust in History | Talking About K.C. Chang (My Third Historian) and Others David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-13 | Videos mentioned:Reading History: youtu.be/pfCQENS-sKETen Historians with Stellar Prose: youtu.be/mBa87zG9iFQBooks by, Edited by, Adjacent to, About, or (Possibly) Translated by M.I. Finley: youtu.be/b8qeIo52QegAlso,Bernard Lewis’s memoir was included here: youtu.be/R-jkqvEy4a0and, here areSome Books About Slavery: youtu.be/nGMyV6KZ4t0
Poetry Thursday: The Best of the Best American Poetry 1988-1997 Edited by Harold Bloom David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-12 | Harold Bloom’s full diatribe may be listened to here: youtu.be/d7xw-xDdyJQ?si=YqiPYGqXcLMrAgEq
Cozy Coffee Mug Book Tag David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-11 | This is the Cozy Coffee Mug Tag, an original tag created by Jen @literarylove123 Jen's original tag video: youtu.be/XM-LcPF_Iyk?si=feXyjPBJZ0Gk8tU_I was tagged (in a comment) by Reney @BeyondBooks-wt5il Reney’s tag video: youtu.be/Umm77rNG8E4?si=ZPWhFGXs_f5YrfskCozy Coffee Mug Book TagPrompts:1.Hex the Patriarchy: Share your favorite women authors.2. Never Underestimate a Woman Who Reads Stephen King Books: Share your favorite fictional women characters.3. Edgar Allan Poe: Share your favorite Gothic book or story.4. Swiftea: Name your auto-buy authors.5. Camp Crystal Lake: Share a book that makes you feel nostalgic.6. Happy Halloween: Share a holiday-themed book that you recommend.7. This Mug Contains Magic: Share a book you enjoyed that is outside of your comfort zone/typical genre.8. Tag some bookish friends.
Reading History David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-10 | My video on “Ten Historians with Stellar Prose”: youtu.be/mBa87zG9iFQ
Recent Reads: Richard Henry Dana Jr., Mohsin Hamid, John Horne Burns, Steven Runciman David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-08 | Books finished:Two Years Before the Mast by DanaExit West by HamidThe Gallery by BurnsThe Great Church in Captivity by RuncimanBriefly touched upon:The Emergence of Modern Turkey by Bernard LewisThe Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han by Mark Edward Lewis Daniel Deronda by George EliotUncivil Rites by Steven SalaitaBookTuber mentioned: @JamesRuchala Quaint and Curious VolumesDid I say “scientific adventure”? I meant “science fiction adventure”.
Generative AI in the Production of Art (and Writing) David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-06 | This video reacts to @BooklessPete in his video here: youtu.be/cE3keOkkjo4?si=2qgZLfaOXIT7lbcRPete reacts to @saintdonoghue in this video here: youtu.be/F68uU6cobSE?si=w-Y99e-QvvrbC3WHWherein I show off my printed books: youtu.be/dk17SZSIUt0Website of Joshua Diedrich Sculptor: joshuadiedrich.comThe teachers being let go are called Jones Lecturers, not Jones Professors. I misspoke. Here is more information regarding the situation at Stanford:https://search.app/6hUto28qfjjNN6s67
The 10 Books That Made Me (Not Really!!): A Response Video David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-05 | Brian @BookishTexan opened the theme with this video: youtu.be/x_GENpQaHY8?si=fnjf0SnpDfmaSrIG @BookChatWithPat8668 followed with her own: youtu.be/UpooOe9Rw5U?si=gJgiIoZreLKQPQ4iMy short video referred to was this: youtube.com/shorts/4RBcTIgjVwYHere is @michaelk.vaughan8617 talking about the Shadow: youtu.be/T3KifgSsW8s?si=T81405Et_MgRf8QP
Poetry Amidst Ecological Collapse: Just a Thought David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-03 | Books mentioned:Embodiment and ReleaseLit Crit: Politics and Poetics
The Istanbul BookTube Tag David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-02 | This tag was created by Jim @jimsbooksreadingandstuff his original video is here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2tGVF2lEke79rU0tEtYnYsGtxQol_ABr&si=m8RWC9Xcs4DKq8neThe Prompts:1. Istanbul has many names, which do you prefer?2. Orhan Pamuk won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006. Have you read any books by an author because they had won the Nobel Prize for Literature?3. Have you visited Istanbul?4. Have you read a book set wholly or partially in Istanbul? (or have you seen a film set in Istanbul?)5. Have you read a book that mentioned the Armenian Genocide?
“These Gook Wimmin”: More from John Horne Burns in Naples (From The Gallery) David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-01 | ...
Fifth Promenade from The Gallery by John Horne Burns: An Excerpt Questioning the American Ideal David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-09-01 | ...
Richard Henry Dana, Jr. from Two Years Before the Mast: an Excerpt Concerning St. Elmo’s Fire David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-08-31 | ...
“Distance” by Dorothy Parker; “Absence” by Claude McKay David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-08-30 | Yesterday’s poetry reading: youtu.be/t5feMrVHcQ8There is a Biographical Note to McKay’s Selected Poems which I read here: youtu.be/74RBQioq7QAAs I mention in that video, I steer would-be readers of McKay to this (or possibly some other) Selected in place of the Complete.
Poetry Reading for Poetry Thursday 29 August 2024 David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-08-29 | Poets featured:Aphra BehnAnne BradstreetGwendolyn Brooks Edna St. Vincent MillayDorothy ParkerSarah Morgan Bryan PiattCharlotte SmithPhyllis Wheatley
Ten Historians with Stellar Prose David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-08-28 | Inspired by this video at historian Brian Bruce’s BookTube channel: youtu.be/7GSxksN43KU?si=4rcZv9gFcCt1JIgWTen historians:1. M.I. Finley / The Ancient Economy2. Bernard Lewis / The Political Language of Islam3. Steven Runciman / The First Crusade4. F.R. Cowell / Cicero and the Roman Republic 5. Mark Edward Lewis / Sanctioned Violence in Early China 6. George Holmes / The Later Middle Ages (Honorable Mention : Maurice Keen / Medieval Europe7. Henry Adams / The History of the United States 8. Thucydides (Crawley translation)9. Joyce Tyldesley / Hatchepsut 10. Robert Drews / The Coming of the Greeks(Honorable Mention: Ivan Morris / World of the Shining Prince)
Talking about Honest Reviews: A Response to Bookless Pete David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-08-18 | Here is the video by @BooklessPete in which he presents a deal made as a quandary: youtu.be/OcOAgSbQuKs?si=D6-TnLXYX-CZ2ANbPoetry in the times of social media: youtu.be/s45eoULFTEw?si=bscxCYiuEeMeE7JJ“I’ve got a video going through all of my books”: youtu.be/dk17SZSIUt0
A Change of (Reading) Plans, or An Unexpected Detour (Involving an Exit West) David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-08-17 | Exit West is a novel by Mohsin HamidI haven’t finished George Monbiot’s interview here, but the first ten minutes of it or so feel stunning in light of the reading I’ve been doing in Richard Henry Dana, Jr.: youtu.be/cnPDnnRvtQg?si=sEJUYaJbFfVq8cbN
Cat Play David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-08-16 | BookTube in the background: youtu.be/OjDtUN4fmfs?si=u3I1KKnTWH_neicm
Poetry Reading for Poetry Thursday 15 August 2024: Birney, Landor, Cowper, Wordsworth, Keats David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-08-15 | Adam Walker video on his canon selection process: youtu.be/pD9aylT5r04?si=iFMeblVIalzU6J2t — History of American poetry by Timothy E.G. Bartel at Knowing Poetry:Beginnings: youtu.be/8ctNkFt3AvU?si=dp9qhmi9HKixJUmuRevolution!: youtu.be/6jBrvV5_DtE?si=GJ5fjFOpky6srl41Renaissance: youtu.be/SxFB8L42jP0?si=qSxRtlyyXwFsmhQlRenaissance: Aftermath: youtu.be/S0j209CTtcI?si=otj83NvyCXIeUqVSModernism: youtu.be/gwU6aZdi2K0?si=E6xZIt4Y5P9g9B89The Mid-Century: youtu.be/nFgSi5JheMU?si=aNOjR0kiT8smpgayPopular Poetry: youtu.be/X3JyyJoG-NI?si=023vK4v5RkRhMaFb
Finishing the First Term of James Madison in The History of the United States by Henry Adams David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-08-13 | A paragraph from Chapter XX of Adams’s volume on the first of Madison’s two presidential terms, which closes it.Steve Donoghue Q&A: youtu.be/pDg7RQ9rCJ4?si=wgH0XGYSRuWXyyAW
Flowers of Fire by Hawon Jung: A Brief Excerpt David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-08-11 | A history of South Korean feminism.
American Poetry: Five Editions (A Response Video) David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-08-09 | Videos that this is responding to:1. @JoeSpivey02 youtu.be/XrTQhRtwHJ8?si=ZERDnPpp0oCsgxka2. @joshuacreboreads youtu.be/TDdjRRZgRq4?si=9ACuVViaorVmQlC03. @aaronfacer youtu.be/jxvJqvjFj8g?si=oHAZSoEmX-2KO51j4. @BookChatWithPat8668 youtu.be/jxAqhFRIjgQ?si=YVt0q-yu-c0y9FnfNo need to link my playlists as they can be gotten to under the Playlists tab: all poets discussed are represented here.For my first book of sonnets, here is the Amazon link, though used vendors online should have it as well: amazon.com/Sonnets-David-Novak/dp/0967542944
Bring Browsing Back Book Tag | Some Recently Hauled Books David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-08-08 | BRING BROWSING BACK BOOK TAGThis tag was created by: Karen @RovingReader I was tagged by Pat @BookChatWithPat8668 TAG PROMPTS1. Magic of Discovery- share a book you found while browsing that you may not have discovered otherwise.2. Expanding World- share a book that has made you view things from a different perspective or exposed you to new ideas.3. Open to Change- share a book that has changed who you are as a person or altered your day-to-day habits.4. Browse a bookstore, library, or a friend's shelves (and talk about a book that you found there).5. Tag People!Booktuber Steve Donoghue talking about Lincoln books: youtu.be/pspRRnA_vHo?si=0ff_MrlAkioQpR2jHauling in process on the train from Evanston: youtube.com/shorts/M2L3UKcrZ-I
Evanston Book Haul David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-08-07 | Booktuber Steve Donoghue talking about Lincoln books: youtu.be/pspRRnA_vHo?si=0ff_MrlAkioQpR2j
“The Tay Bridge Disaster” by William McGonagall: A Poem from Everyman’s Library Railway Rhymes David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-08-06 | I meant #garbaugust the BookTube event, not Garbology, though either word works.
Some Fleeting Thoughts on Canon Creation and the Eyes of Posterity (If Posterity Comes to Pass) David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-08-05 | Harold Bloom’s Western Canon is given mention.By way of correction, while I stated that Eliot destroyed the careers of many poets, more probably it was their egos that felt the shattering blow.
Mail Haul of a Mammoth about the War (World War II) David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-08-02 | Total War, Revised Second Edition by Peter Calvocoressi, Guy Wint and John PritchardVolume 1: The Western Hemisphere Volume 2: The Greater East Asia and Pacific ConflictMy video of some books about WWII: youtu.be/U27XNyFtv-Y
The Reader’s Profile Tag (with a Digression into the I Ching) David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-07-31 | THE READER'S PROFILE TAG. This tag was created by Hilary at Book Bustle @HilaryBGreen I was tagged by @BookChatWithPat8668 whose version of the tag is here: youtu.be/BQnC4gH6yjM?si=ls6Kq5Aihd4QwCEI@BeyondBooks-wt5il did this tag, linked here: youtu.be/07RSDVn8dro?si=gXJJNt8_JA-0AISaThe Prompts:1. What for you makes a good book?2. What are you currently reading?3. What's the last book you didn't finish and why?4. What obscure book do you wish other people would read?5. What's the longest book you've ever read?6. If you could have a dinner party with five fictional characters, who would they be?7. Five books you'd want if stranded on a desert island.8. One book you could not put down.9. Five books or authors you will never read.10. If you were to write a book, what would it be about?11. Tag some people.I tag:@genteelblackhole @SluggishReader@BooklessPete @AnnNovella @ramblingraconteur1616@TimeTravelReads@mattsbookshelf4084
The Principle of “No Contact Upward” in Jan Karski’s The Story of a Secret State David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-07-28 | Plus a brief excerpt from Shattering the German Night by Annette E. Dumbach and Jud Newborn; later republished and revised as Sophie Scholl and the White Rose.My WWII video as mentioned (a “show and tell” of books): youtu.be/U27XNyFtv-Y
Some Books About World War II (Including an Excerpt from Jan Karski’s The Story of a Secret State) David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-07-27 | Book by Brian Bruce about MacArthur’s Bloody… as mentioned in video… is discussed here: youtu.be/iwpIE5k5KPI?si=zCFwCRHYiwcXMY9v
Recent Reads: Joshua Slocum, Steven Runciman, Ismail Kadare David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-07-25 | Books finished:Sailing Alone Around the World by SlocumThe White Rajahs by Runciman The Eastern Schism by Runciman The Traitor’s Niche by KadareBooks just begun:Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.The Great Church in Captivity by Runciman
Henry Adams on Thomas Jefferson’s Indian Policy David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-07-24 | From his history of the United States.
The Honest BookTuber Tag David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-07-24 | I was tagged by Will @willchambers8065 and by James @JamesRuchala Quaint and Curious Volumes.Jessica at @JessBookgirlTV revived this tag with the words: "I saw 'The Honest Booktuber Tag,' on someone else's channel. I decided to do it. It's a fun one to do and I am hoping it gets revived.” Tag created by @HarrietRosie13 Prompts:1. Have you ever lied about reading a book?2. Have you ever avoided a book because of controversy around the content/author/3. Have you ever been sent a book for free and not disclosed it?4. Have you ever bought a book with no intention of reading it?5. Have you ever got caught up in Booktube drama?6. Have you ever had a hate comment and did you respond?7. Have you ever made a video just because you knew it would get views?8. If you could go back to the beginning of your channel, would you do anything differently?9. Are there any channels you wish you could be more like?10. What's something you love about your channel?11. Tag some people.
Selections from “A Man of Heart” by Liam Guilar | “A Presentment of Englishry Part 2” | David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-07-19 | #poetrythursday Video wherein I bring up Volume 1 of Guilar’s work: youtu.be/69QRJY2PeL8Yesterday’s poetry reading: youtu.be/SVVUDll4gPYLayamon’s Brut: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRx7Eb5n6yefP86-2hvLAGhEjkbMAC4cB&si=_dh_ycpCujISQUnf
An Extemporaneous Poetry Reading Featuring Some of My Own Poems | Poetry Wednesday David Novak Reads Poetry 2024-07-17 | BookTube channel mentioned: @ToReadersItMayConcern Victor Jara: youtu.be/4yOjnpVKsoQ?si=WirwQit8PKO3lBkEMy earliest books published under the imprint of Non Fit Press have to be searched for among online vendors; the rest can be found at my Lulu page linked here: lulu.com/spotlight/davidxnovak
