Bob Trube

@bobonbooks

I love reading and blogging about books as well as choral singing, writing, and art. This X account is #NoPlaceForHate.

Columbus, Ohio

Joined March 2015

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Bob Trube@bobonbooks · 46 m

Letters from Claude McKay theparisreview.org/blog/2025/07/2…

bobonbooks's tweet card. July 25, 2025 – “This is the kind of city that you sleep and dream and dance and play and do anything except work in unless you’re bound to.”

Bob Trube@bobonbooks · 50 m

Philip Nel on the Enduring Cultural Legacy of a Children’s Classic lithub.com/small-book-big…

bobonbooks's tweet card. Crockett Johnson’s Harold and the Purple Crayon (1955) was Prince’s favorite childhood book. It is why Prince played purple guitars, favored purple fashion, and strongly identified with the color p…

Bob Trube@bobonbooks · 53 m

"I have desired to go Where springs not fail, To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail And a few lilies blow." - Gerard Manley Hopkins, born this day, 1844.

Bob Trube@bobonbooks · 9 h

An introduction to the life and world of Paul based on Acts, his letters, and other sources including archaeology. @eerdmansbooks bobonbooks.com/2025/07/28/rev…

bobonbooks's tweet card. Paul Apostle of Grace. An introduction to the life and world of Paul based on Acts, his letters, and other sources including archaeology.

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Merriam-Webster@MerriamWebster · Jul 27

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘brouhaha.’ ow.ly/nfTZ50Wvjz0

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Bob Trube@bobonbooks · 9 h

Judges praised the novel, set in 1920s Provence, for its ‘atmospheric, sensory prose’ and described Steeds as ‘an exciting new voice’ theguardian.com/books/2025/jul…

bobonbooks's tweet card. Judges praised the novel, set in 1920s Provence, for its ‘atmospheric, sensory prose’ and described Steeds as ‘an exciting new voice’

Bob Trube@bobonbooks · 9 h

From Balzac to Max Jacob, a Pilgrimage to Bygone Genius lithub.com/the-ghosts-of-…

bobonbooks's tweet card. Much like the relics of a saint, a selection of objects on permanent display at the Maison de Balzac, a jewel of a museum tucked away down a flight of steps in a pocket of time below street level i…

Bob Trube@bobonbooks · 9 h

Rounding up a disturbing and fascinating sub-genre. crimereads.com/lauren-wilsons…

bobonbooks's tweet card. We asked Lauren Wilson, author of the new novel, The Goldens, to round up her favorite books featuring cults. The Girls – Emma Cline One of my all-time favourite books, The Girls follows fourteen-y…

Bob Trube@bobonbooks · 9 h

Five Books editor Sophie Roell gives an overview of some of the excellent new nonfiction books that have appeared since April. fivebooks.com/best-books/not…

bobonbooks's tweet card. From the death of Stalin and the career of Putin's chef to shaministic rituals on the Indonesian island of Siberut, Five Books editor Sophie Roell gives an overview of some of the excellent new...

Bob Trube@bobonbooks · Jul 26

Question of the Day: What are your favorite books on space exploration, fiction or non-fiction?

Bob Trube@bobonbooks · Jul 26

Ed Simon Considers the Habits and Processes of a Group of Critically and Commercially Acclaimed Authors lithub.com/hypergraphia-o…

Bob Trube@bobonbooks · Jul 26

The San Francisco-based Internet Archive now has federal depository status kqed.org/news/12049420/…

bobonbooks's tweet card. The Internet Archive, thanks to its designation by California Sen. Alex Padilla, joins a network of over 1,100 libraries that make government documents accessible to the public.

Bob Trube@bobonbooks · Jul 26

An Excerpt from Lee Clay Johnson's New Novel metropolitanreview.org/p/bloodline?pu…

bobonbooks's tweet card. An Excerpt from Lee Clay Johnson's New Novel

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Merriam-Webster@MerriamWebster · Jul 25

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘sui generis.’ ow.ly/UZVF50WtrXk

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Bob Trube@bobonbooks · Jul 26

This impeccably sourced account of the secretive agency during a period of global turmoil deserves a Pulitzer theguardian.com/books/2025/jul…

bobonbooks's tweet card. This impeccably sourced account of the secretive agency during a period of global turmoil deserves a Pulitzer

Bob Trube@bobonbooks · Jul 26

The owner of the Hove shop described a “very interesting” and “wide ranging” selection from the singer's personal collection rollingstone.co.uk/music/nick-cav…

bobonbooks's tweet card. The owner of the Hove shop described a “very interesting” and “wide ranging” selection from the singer's personal collection.

Bob Trube@bobonbooks · Jul 26

These twisty, thrilling stories about boarding schools and academia will keep you hooked start to finish. bookriot.com/stories-about-…

bobonbooks's tweet card. These twisty, thrilling stories about boarding schools and academia will keep you hooked start to finish.

Bob Trube@bobonbooks · Jul 26

In a fragmented age increasingly seduced by the cult of the self, "Wuthering Heights" challenges us to reclaim the difficult virtues that make real community possible. frontporchrepublic.com/2025/07/when-t…

bobonbooks's tweet card. In a fragmented age increasingly seduced by the cult of the self, "Wuthering Heights" challenges us to reclaim the difficult virtues that make real community possible.

Bob Trube@bobonbooks · Jul 26

Retired readers. translating, reading athletes, the university in crisis, app-stinence, bookstore pets. bobonbooks.com/2025/07/26/the…

bobonbooks's tweet card. The Weekly Wrap: July 20-26. Retired readers, translating, reading athletes, the university in crisis, app-stinence, bookstore pets.

Bob Trube@bobonbooks · Jul 25

Question of the Day: So, what will you be reading this weekend?