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Lit Bits 27 Aug 2013 | 06:40 pm
“Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: 'You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We have not yet evolved a system of ...
Another Man's Poison: a review of The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara 24 Aug 2013 | 02:21 am
The meat of a very rare turtle called Opa'ivu'eke, which can only be found on the fictional South Pacific island of Ivu'Ivu becomes the catalyst of immortality in Hanya Yanagihara's powerhouse debut n...
On the Night Stand: commentary on The Rougon-Macquart Cycle by Emile Zola 29 Jul 2013 | 04:01 am
Emile Zola (1840-1902) Ever since watching a PBS Masterpiece Theater production of Nana back in the late '70s, I've been curious, perhaps without realizing it, about Emile Zola. Being fifteen years o...
The Top of the Tops: Litwise 25 Jul 2013 | 02:08 am
Below I've embedded a list of the Combined Top 100 Books; a compendium from 11 notable "Top 100" lists. The compiler lists the books by frequency of appearance (X/11) and then in alphabetical order. I...
writerly wisdom # 20 13 Jul 2013 | 08:18 pm
e.e. cummings To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never st...
From Sea to Shining Sea: being a review of The Longest Road by Philip Caputo 5 Jul 2013 | 04:37 am
Primarily a journalist and a writer of novels, Philip Caputo wanders off the beaten path smack into the Travel genre with his latest book The Longest Road. He takes us on a road trip from Key West, Fl...
Lit Bits 14 Jun 2013 | 07:12 pm
“She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes and that is very frightening. ~Angela Carter from The Lady of the H...
Kid's Lit: Remembering Dad 11 Jun 2013 | 10:43 pm
When my son was younger I read to him nearly every night. At first It was books like Goodnight Moon, Curious George, Winnie the Pooh and the like with a few made up stories thrown in. Then, when he go...
Kid's Lit: Remember Wonder 23 May 2013 | 01:58 am
Every young reader has a favorite author and most adult readers can remember the writer whose imagination inspired them the most when they were young'uns. Some of my pet wondrous storytellers were Jul...
On The Ipod: Current Audiobooks 19 Apr 2013 | 02:03 am
A Feast For Crows: Boy, did I make a big mistake! Having read the first three books of G.R.R. Martin's The Song of Fire and Ice series, and having heard through the grapevine that the fourth, A Feast...
