Mostly commentary on fiction and contributions to the nebulous body known as “literature.”
On the second series edition of the Arden Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra", both this particular 1991 printing as well as…
Purchased the Movie Tie-In edition of "Pride and Prejudice" to my profound moral chagrin
Reading aloud a poem published in the New York Review of Books September 21, 2023 issue.
"An Ideal Craftsman" follows a young boy down to the larder, happening upon a crime scene.
Detailing the purchase of a less puerile, more dignified Taschen volume collecting the etchings of Piranesi, the article and exhibit…
Not long ago I ordered "Strata: William Smith's Geological Maps" lighting a fire of memory and reflection
For 31 days I read from 16th- and 17th-century literature, most notably including Montaigne's "Essais" and the metaphysical poets. Snuck…
A few reflections on the discovery of 16th-century poet Robert Southwell, apparently an exemplar of English Metaphysical Poetry.
Reading "Jane Eyre" for the second time revealed a quite different— quite Christian and not postcolonial—one from what inhabited my…
From the "Spoon River Anthology" by Edgar Lee Masters, excerpts and commentary on the experience of its reading