Earlier this spring, I read a short article by Cynthia Ozick about the duties and […]
The Shore, by Sara Taylor
There was a passage from The Merchant of Venice that played on a loop in […]
Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
I’ve been avoiding Yann Martel’s Life of Pi since it was published. It’s nothing personal. I […]
The Lace Reader, by Brunonia Barry
The Whitney family is legendary in Salem, Massachusetts. They are said to be mad as […]
Red Cavalry, by Isaac Babel
Last January, I read The Day of the Oprichnik by Vladimir Sorokin and was horrified by […]
Wonder Boys, by Michael Chabon
Grady Tripp has been working on the same novel for seven years. It’s more than […]
Viper Wine, by Hermione Eyre
Between the two of them, husband and wife Sir Kenelm Digby and Venetia Stanley embody […]
The Library of Unrequited Love, by Sophie Divry
I know so many people who would hate the librarian depicted in Sophie Divry’s novella, […]
The World Before Us, by Aislinn Hunter
After we are gone, all that’s left for the living are documents and photographs and […]
The Last Flight of Poxl West, by Daniel Torday
At a reading of his bestselling memory, Poxl West is asked if his memoir has […]