
“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 Trail of the Elusive Vampire Squid from Hell”
October 21st, 2012

“One Book Opens Another: On “The Secrets of Alchemy””
November 27th, 2012

“One Impressionistic Snapshot At A Time”
October 16th, 2012

“One Ireland, Plus At Least Six Great Britains”
February 22nd, 2012

“Open Marriage Chez Clem: A Life with Clement Greenberg”
December 30th, 2012

“Osama bin Laden: Pulp Vigilante”
December 4th, 2012

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"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More

"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More


"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen... More

"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More