“He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind…” Dear Mother, I am often reminded of King […]
contemporary literature
I see the rock. I read the legend. I see the rock and I read the legend. The […]
Three days ago, on a Zoom call from her book-lined office in Kensington, agent Su suggested, as she’d first […]
Greener Days In Ireland I was a tourist again. There had been a time when I wasn’t. Young […]
In his debut novel, In the Suavity of the Rock, author and essayist Greg Gerke reflects on memory, […]
Now we see “in an enigma by means of a mirror.” So Léon Bloy glosses St Paul,[1] according […]
With his typically fluid and digressive verve, in American Abductions, his third novel, Mauro Javier Cárdenas explores the impact […]
Just to the east of the many graves of children of which I earlier wrote—all of whom, it […]
1. Sylvester Graham In the winter of 1825, a mysterious young man shows up in the seaside village […]
After giving the issue the thought it deserved, he concluded the only really possible options were 1) an […]
