I don’t often review children’s books unless some striking, unusual, or cutting-edge elements to it blow me away. While that…
To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
A beautiful, broadly modernist tale that explores the long-term relationships within families, the differences and drives of men and women,…
Reading Through Anne Ernaux’s Nobel
Over the past year or so, I made my way through a big portion of Anne Ernaux’s writing in translation.…
Coldiron’s Junk Film
Katharine Coldiron’s JUNK FILM is a book that was recommended to me for my voracious taste in tacky, unreliable, exploitative,…
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
I have read a lot of Ray Bradbury but had never picked up this gorgeous reflection on growing up in…
#763 The Color Purple (1985) and The Color Purple by Alice Walker (1982)
Somehow it took me three English degrees, writing and teaching for over twenty years, and a hazy summer in 2023…
Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd
I picked up Peter Ackroyd’s Hawksmoor as an entry on David Bowie’s essential top 100 books – and I am…
Repo Man (1984)
This is one of those films that just happens to be on the Criterion Collection’s list, but not on the…
#549 Walkabout (1971)
What an incredible film. I picked up Nicholas Roeg’s Walkabout (1971, Criterion Spine #10) after doing a recent binge on…
Florida Man Fun with Dave Barry’s Swamp Story
Dave Barry has always been an absolute powerhouse in my life as a reader and writer. By the time I…
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