For your reading delectation, I present these book pairings: Suite Française and A Country Road, A Tree […]
Monstress, Vol. I, by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda
Volume I of Monstress, by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda, contains the first six issues […]
The Clarity, by Keith Thomas
The Clarity, by Keith Thomas, is the kind of book that really wants to be […]
Peculiar Ground, by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Lucy Hughes-Hallett’s Peculiar Ground meditates on the function and meaning of walls. The themes of separation, incarceration, […]
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We recently asked our students why they came to the library. More than one said […]
Spoonbenders, by Daryl Gregory
The Amazing Telemachus Family never really recovered from a disastrous episode of The Mike Douglas Show. […]
Tench, by Inge Schilperoord
Why do people commit crimes? Most mystery novels tell us that the most common motives […]
This is Your Brain on Literary Criticism; Or, Back in the English Major Saddle Again
This spring, I am once again assisting with an upper division English course. This time […]
The Philosopher’s Flight, by Tom Miller
Robert Weekes has a dream: to be the first man to join the US Sigil […]
Dreams and Reason, by Juliet Valcourt
Dreams and Reason, by Juliet Valcourt, is a bewildering book. A lot of the book feels […]