The most remarkable aspect of Mark Vanhoenacker’s fascinating new book Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot is not his lovely gift with words–that is merely what makes it… Read more “A Review of Mark Vanhoenacker’s Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot”
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A Review of Rachel B. Glaser’s Paulina & Fran
I spent the first chapter of Rachel B. Glaser‘s new novel Paulina & Fran(Harper Perennial, 2015) laboring under the misguided belief I needed to like its characters.… Read more “A Review of Rachel B. Glaser’s Paulina & Fran”
A Review of Cult of Loretta by Kevin Maloney
“When they barged into the bathroom and found us, the joke was on them. They were just men with radios calling for backup. We were simian angels… Read more “A Review of Cult of Loretta by Kevin Maloney”
Ray Bradbury’s From the Dust Returned
Where do you go when you have no home? Wherever you are welcomed, naturally. Or supernaturally in the case of Ray Bradbury’s classic (redundant, I know) From the… Read more “Ray Bradbury’s From the Dust Returned”
A Review of Chelsea Martin’s Even Though I Don’t Miss You
Chelsea Martin’s Even Though I Don’t Miss You (Short Flight / Long Drive, 2013) is about the end of a relationship that has only lasted as long… Read more “A Review of Chelsea Martin’s Even Though I Don’t Miss You”
Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson’s classic haunted house tale The Haunting of Hill House is one of the best executed examples of the genre anywhere in literature. The book’s pervading sense of dread… Read more “Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House”
Pronounced guh-nah-dee
Very early in his 2013 booklet The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Fighting the Big Motherfuckin’ Sad from Pioneers Press, Adam Gnade writes the following in a list about “navigating… Read more “Pronounced guh-nah-dee”
Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle
“My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance. I have often thought that with any luck at… Read more “Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle”
Dubious Lexicon: A Review of Four-Legged Girl by Diane Seuss
I feel like I’ve been shoving the pit of Four-Legged Girl around with my nose for weeks like my cat when she’s unsure if she’s able and… Read more “Dubious Lexicon: A Review of Four-Legged Girl by Diane Seuss”
Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes
No writer has ever understood the sad, strange, ecstatic wonder of Midwestern childhood like Ray Bradbury. The curious freedoms granted us away from cities, the teetering inner… Read more “Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes”
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