This post features lists by four fine writers: Jane Ciabattari, Jen Michalski, David Peak, and Lia Purpura. And when you…
Announcing the Book Club Schedule!
The votes are in, and the winner of the poll for the first book to be discussed in the Big…
Best of 2010, Part 2
I spent a large part of today playing with my five-year-old daughter in the snow, and I’m thinking that might…
Best of 2010, Part 1
Though this season has seen me being pummeled by the various viruses and whatnot that are floating around—not to mention…
“Liberature”: Some Thoughts About Julián Ríos
So, today, at the library, I was roaming around the stacks, and I noticed House of Ulysses, by Julián Ríos.…
Happy Birthday, Emily Dickinson!
John Domini has reminded me that 180 years ago today Dickinson was born. Recently, I was told by someone that…
A Review of Josh Davis’s Review of Robert Lopez’s Asunder
After reading a two-hundred-and-sixty-or-so-word review, that is, Josh Davis’s review of Robert Lopez’s Asunder, a review which amounts to little…
DEAR JULIA by Brian Biggs
The other day I found Brian Biggs’s Dear Julia on my shelf and realized that I had never read it…