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Why Parents Shouldn’t Read YA Fiction
Because it’s not for you. Because, when you do read it, you produce articles like this one from the Times, bemoaning the fact that you’ve been treated so poorly by the genre. “It’s not fair!” you cry. “I’m a perfectly nice parent — I drive my kid to soccer practice, I produce square and tasty [...]
Criminal Books…
Not to be confused with crime fiction, which is an entirely different concept. My dear, talented friend and lit-blogger Maitresse recently translated this commentary by Christophe Claro on the Salon du Livre, and I found it a really compelling way to think about reading. Why should a book not lead one to commit a crime, [...]
Nine Billion Names of…
Okay, I don’t have quite that many. Yet. I’ll admit, I have a bit of a problem with names. I’ve had a few — given names, middle names, nicknames, and the like — over the course of a lifetime, but nothing has ever quite felt like me. And so, pretty much as soon as I [...]
Bottoms Up
Via Mark Sarvas, I’m getting a kick out of these Life Magazine photos of famous literary lushes. I have to say, the gallery is so big it makes you wonder if anyone in the world of letters wasn’t an addict of some sort. What do we think? Do altered states aid the imagination, or does [...]
Graceful Living
Just got back from a question and answer session with Michael Dahlie, the winner of the 2009 Hemingway Foundation/PEN award and author of A Gentleman’s Guide to Graceful Living. I have to say, I really enjoyed the session. Mr. Dahlie showed an tremendous skill for answering all the various questions about process and getting an [...]