
“Exquisite in both story and sentence, the Anne books built me as a reader, which is to say: they built me.”Sarah Mesle on "Anne of Green Gables"




On the debate over Stephen King's literary relevance
July 22nd, 2012
All King's novels, even the stinkers, have resonance.
July 17th, 2012
"The problem with Krazy Kat is the same as its genius: It cannot be consumed quickly or easily."
May 16th, 2012
On two new books about the culture of marijuana.
April 2nd, 2012
Patricia Patterson is an accretive artist, invariably extending, but rarely leaving much behind.
June 16th, 2011

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