What I’m doing now

This is a now page, last updated October 28, 2026.

Primarily reading (aiming for 150+ pages a day) with a focus on classic lit and on nonfiction, in particular history and biography. Writing stories and making occasional art.

Currently reading

In alphabetical order, and these are subject to change at any time as I add or abandon books (which happens often):

The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company (2019, history, 650 pages), by William Dalrymple.
The Histories (440 BC, translation published 2015, history, 1,150 pages), by Herodotus, translated by Tom Holland.
Johannes Brahms: A Biography (1997, biography, 1,100 pages), by Jan Swafford.
Life of Johnson volume 2: 1765–1766 (1791, biography, 850 pages), by James Boswell, edited by George Birkbeck Hill.
Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters and the Age of Revolution (2025, history, 940 pages), by Amanda Vaill.
The Years of Lyndon Johnson volume 2: Means of Ascent (1990, biography, 870 pages), by Robert A. Caro.

See the reading log for books I’ve finished reading.