I am lucky in the way that the women in Kate Walbert’s A Short History of […]
Fair Helen, by Andrew Grieg
The song “Fair Helen of Kirkconnel” was first recorded in the early 1800s by Walter […]
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Alison Flood reports for The Guardian on Roberto Saviano’s ballsy defense of his plagiarism and fabrication. Jake […]
The books they are a-changin’
Every day, during my lunch break, I scroll through the new offerings on NetGalley and […]
Inside the Head of Bruno Schulz, by Maxim Biller
What would the inside of a writer’s mind look like? I’ve had this thought before, […]
Slade House, by David Mitchell
I’m not sure what I expected from David Mitchell’s Slade House after reading (and loving) Cloud Atlas. […]
The Return of Captain John Emmett, by Elizabeth Speller
Shell shock. Battle fatigue. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Society seems to have only started to take […]
Midnight in Siberia, by David Greene
After listening to David Greene’s Midnight in Siberia, I feel like Russia is a bit less […]
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Javier Espinoza reports for The Guardian about a British student who was questioned by police because […]
The Girl with Ghost Eyes, by M.H. Boroson
What does a girl who is despised by white society and the male members of […]