It’s rare the people talk about the stage of life in which they exchange roles […]
A Fine Imitation, by Amber Brock
It’s hard to feel sympathy for the ultra rich, but Amber Brock pulls it off […]
Memories, by Teffi
Most of the leading lights of Russian literature—especially before the Russian Revolution—that most people know […]
The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver
There are three books I can clearly remember reading before I went to college. I […]
City of Secrets, by Stewart O’Nan
Questioning the effectiveness of and motivations for terrorism usually isn’t hard. Our media and politicians and […]
Hiding in Plain Sight, by Eric Stover, Victor Peskin, and K. Alexa Koenig
War is ugly, dehumanizing, cruel, and destructive in more than one sense. We know that […]
Trooper to the Southern Cross, by Angela Thirkell
Even in the age of air travel, Australia is a long way away. Traveling to Australia […]
On the Shores of Darkness, There is Light, by Cordelia Strube
I started reading Cordelia Strube’s On the Shores of Darkness, There is Light at about nine o’clock […]
The Hotel of the Three Roses, by Augusto de Angelis
The Hotel of the Three Roses, by Augusto de Angelis, is another title resurrected by […]
Country of Red Azaleas, by Domnica Radulescu
There’s an old game I’ve heard people play (and have played myself) about what might […]