Confession: I’ve never read any of Jeff Vandermeer’s fiction. Which makes it a little odd that I decided to read his book about writing, but in some… Read more “Jeff Vandermeer’s Wonderbook”
Month: June 2017
Susan Kinsolving’s Dailies & Rushes: Poems
When I was a child, Moving scared me; every time I located my life, it wandered away once more. These words from Susan Kinsolving’s poem “In Preparation”… Read more “Susan Kinsolving’s Dailies & Rushes: Poems”
Sarah Gailey’s River of Teeth
About a hundred years ago, the U.S. government very nearly gave the green light to a plan that would have brought hippopotamuses to the American South as… Read more “Sarah Gailey’s River of Teeth”
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
I was introduced to Daphne du Maurier the way most people were introduced to Daphne du Maurier: someone told me I absolutely had to read Rebecca, and so… Read more “My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier”
Erland Josephson
Few actors have ever lived inside the quiet emotional realities of their characters like Swedish great Erland Josephson, who was born ninety-four years ago today in 1923… Read more “Erland Josephson”
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