“Allie, don’t let me disappear.” Today marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the publication of The Catcher in the Rye (July … More
Tag: Literature
Josh Bresslin’s Going Over: A Character-Driven Journey in Wrestling and the new Guy Lit
Joshua Bresslin has hit the mat hard with his newest novel, Going Over. An emotionally impactful, character-driven examination of the … More
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. … More
The Summer of Ulysses – Birmingham’s The Most Dangerous Book and Arroyo’s new illustrated Ulysses
Two books that I made my way through this summer were the newly illustrated Eduardo Arroyo edition of James Joyce’s … More
The Debut by Anita Brookner
It would be no surprise to me to find that Wes Anderson took some of his more quirky, melancholic characters … More