The Earliest Stories Ever?
I got over my desire to be a completist a while back. I no longer have to see all the episodes of...
Category: Conversations
A Discussion of William Eggleston’s Guide
Dennis Haritou: JR, I had come across a remark about William Eggleston to the effect that he was a...
A Review with Teeth – Peter Medawar Reviews The Phenomenon of Man
I came across this scalding review of Pere Teilhard’s The Phenomenon of Man on the recommendation...
Interview with Greg Bottoms
I met Greg Bottoms during our days in the MFA program at University of Virginia. I admired his...
When We Fell In Love – Jennifer duBois
When I was a child, I was drawn to the knotty questions posed by Natalie Babbitt books: if you had...
Interview with Novelist Steve Ulfelder
I picked up Steve Ulfelder’s first crime novel Purgatory Chasm shortly after it was...
Distracted by Feeling
This post was originally published in open.salon.com In my review of Odds Against Tomorrow by...
The Journal
I’m pretty sure I’m not the first person to think of this. In fact, I’m certain I’m not because my grandma was the one who told me to start doing it about three years ago.…
Is This A Good Review?
Here at the blog we always review what we want, and rarely get pitched anything. Well, that’s a lie; we get pitched stuff all the time.…
A Blogger Looks at Book Reviews
There’s been lamentation in the streets about the abandonment of book coverage by many newspapers. The economic model of publishing a newspaper is troubled in our time.…
NW by Zadie Smith Conclusion
DH: The last half of NW, almost exactly, comprises the sections “Host”, which I believe is the largest division in the book, and two smaller sections.…
On Being Voted Most Helpful
I’ve always assumed that the reviews voted most helpful on Amazon are positive reviews. And it’s also true that among amateur book reviewers, a critical review is unlikely.…
