When I tell people that I’ve just finished a book I didn’t really like, I […]
The Children’s Home, by Charles Lambert
There are many ways to react to finding a child on one’s doorstep. The most […]
Belle Cora, by Phillip Margulies
Philip Margulies’ novel, Belle Cora, is about a woman who loves so fiercely, so loyally, […]
The Bone Clocks, by David Mitchell
Reading David Mitchell’s Slade House a couple months ago sent me back to the library to […]
I need diverse books; Or, gaps in my reading
Librarians don’t really have off switches. I’ve known librarians to start looking stuff up on […]
Otto von Trapezoid and the Empress of Thieves, by Jesse Baruffi
After the emotional pummeling I took from Atticus Lish’s Preparation for the Next Life, I needed […]
Preparation for the Next Life, by Atticus Lish
The title of Atticus Lish’s Preparation for the Next Life was a question that stayed in my […]
This week on the bookish internet
Blair Beusman spent 12 hours listening to writers read Moby-Dick. The result is this hilarious […]
In praise of…the bittersweet ending
I’ve been talking up Julie Schumacher’s Dear Committee Members to every reader I’ve met since I […]