Exactly What it Says on the Tin
Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories. Terry Bisson. 1993. Bisson is an odd one. I mean that as a compliment - who wants to read a »
The Mansfield Theatricals
Mansfield Park. Jane Austen. 1814. Mansfield Park is Austen’s second greatest novel (after Emma) and my personal favorite, and I am aware that this is »
The Women We Don't See
Meet Me at Infinity: The Uncollected Tiptree, Fiction and Non-fiction. James Tiptree, Jr. 2000. Forgive me for paraphrasing one of Tiptree’s own short story titles. »
If Hell Was a Pretty Place Too
Beloved. Toni Morrison. 1987. I’m afraid to write about this book. What could I possibly say? I find that if I want to write something »
On Patriotism and Other Things That Won't Die
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America. Garry Wills. 1992. You have to hand it to Wills, man. He can really make a believer out »