
Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle (Vladimir Nabakov)
Most books can be read; some books have to be studied. For example, I signed up to join an Independent Study on Ulysses in college because I wanted to read it, and I knew I’d ....
Most books can be read; some books have to be studied. For example, I signed up to join an Independent Study on Ulysses in college because I wanted to read it, and I knew I’d ....
Someone recommended Erika Meitner's work to me, but didn't mention a specific title. I chose this one because I liked the idea of poetry about cities, possibly even utopian cities, possibly even poetry about utopian ....
Yeah, how about that title? Can you imagine walking into a bookstore and saying, “I’d like Shoot an Iraqi“? (For the record, I ordered online from an independent bookstore so I didn’t actually have to ....
Literature of the in-between or, if you must, liminality, will always have the same basic plot – the tensions, both internal and external, that come with having one foot in two cultures. What was new ....
I’ve been struggling to figure out how to describe the quality of Pulley’s writing that I so admire. I think I have settled on ‘immersive.’ I open her books and just fall right in. I ....
A quick Google search just informed me that the cliche, “Politics makes strange bedfellows” was inspired by a line from Shakespeare. It came to mind when I saw this title because my instinct told me ....
For all of it epic ambition and scrawling scope, I am a big fan of Frankenstein. Mary Shelley made no small plans with her ghost story, and I respect that. It’s one of those classics ....
The challenge of picaresque novels is that they have to end. The form Pasolini chose here matches the content. The kids he describes, almost always boys, are drifting through life – through money, through sexual ....
I read another of Coetzee’s novels a while back. I am pretty sure it was Disgrace. That I can’t say for sure tells you what I thought about it. It’s not that I thought it ....
The subtitle with the cover to support suggests the light touch Sol will take with this project, and this approach serves him quite well.A digression: When I was in college, we had been assigned to ....