Cheryl Strayed, Erika Schickel, & a Facebook Fracas
August 25th, 2012
"The Ghost of Books: Past, Present, and Future" is an experiment not in terror and not necessarily Dickensian.
December 23rd, 2011
On her one and only book, 'The Lists of the Past'
August 22nd, 2012
Racial difference was an integral part of Linsanity since the beginning and, as the phenomenon grew, the issue would continue to snowball.
March 6th, 2012
The idea that Orwell rather than Huxley was the one to turn to if one wanted a fictional lens through which to see China went virtually unchallenged..
May 20th, 2011
The ghost of Kurt Cobain haunts the music of Mark Lanegan
September 16th, 2012
The Potter voice: that mock-pedantic tone of winning modesty and warm condescension.
May 18th, 2011
On the American country music legend
April 27th, 2013
It is ironic that Ovid had barely finished his long poem when his exile was decreed.
November 24th, 2011
Jon Wiener reflects on the passing of a Marxist scholar and historian.
October 4th, 2012
What Gold modeled for me was the idea that the writer delivers stories that the reader needs. The point is to do that job well.
December 28th, 2011
A Hack comic is a sheep in wolf’s clothing, “poking fun,” never “killing.” He is the jester who won’t risk the king’s displeasure.
November 20th, 2011
Alone, we can be comfortable in our discomfort.
September 25th, 2012
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"Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you."... More
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"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein... More
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