Other nationalities and ethnicities have their epics. The United States has a curious genre called […]

I’ve been recommending Stella Gibbons’ Cold Comfort Farm to a lot of people lately. I […]

A few months ago, I read a very detailed review of North Korea’s tablet. I […]

Every now and then, there will be a news story or blog post or literary […]

A reader anonymously wrote up a list of their five top villains and it got […]

Last week, Jeff Bercovici published an article in Forbes about how to buy you way on to […]

Last night, the National Book Awards were announced. And, as usual, I haven’t read a […]

Better to reign in hell, than serve in Heav’n.  —John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I  […]

Worn books are loved books. A search on Google for the 100 best books or […]

I view writing fiction almost in flowchart form. The writer has an idea. They translate […]