We Learn by Writing

Four books this month. Two fiction and two non-fiction. Imaro by George Saunders (Night Shade Books, 2006)  Imaro is a sword and sorcery ad...

“For my money, when it comes to literary modes, short fiction ranks as first among equals. From London’s “To Build a Fire,” and Blackwood’s ...

Two books, two novellas, and some short stories this month. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writ...

Seven books for January. The Woman in Black (1983) by Susan Hill  Instead of telling a ghost story on Christmas Eve, Arthur Kipps decides t...

  “We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our underst...