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The Essential Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou arrived as a writer with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in 1970, though she had …
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The Haunted Antiquarian
Montague Rhodes James wrote his ghost stories as Christmas entertainments for colleagues at King’s College, Cambridge, reading them aloud …
The Moralist in Harlequin’s Costume
There is a certain shock of reading A Clockwork Orange, and shock was certainly what Anthony Burgess intended. Yet …
The Hobbit and the Making of Middle-earth
That The Hobbit is a childhood favorite of many readers reminds us that Tolkien’s slim 1937 novel remains, for …
The Creature We Made
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has never quite escaped the reputation of being more referenced than read. What comes to us …
Homer’s Eternal Return
With Christopher Nolan’s adaptation arriving in cinemas, The Odyssey once again reminds us why certain stories refuse to recede …
“Eight Million Ways to Die”: The Longest Case Is Staying Sober
There is a specific kind of loneliness reserved for the fictional private eye, but in Lawrence Block’s 1982 masterpiece …
“Dead Lions”: The Worst Spies in Britain Are the Only Ones Worth Saving
Title: Dead Lions Series: Slough House (Book 2) Author: Mick Herron US Publisher: Soho Crime (an imprint of Soho …
Three Soldiers by John Dos Passos
Hailed as a masterpiece on its original publication in 1921, Three Soldiers is a gripping exploration of fear and ambition, conformity …
Robert Caro’s Smith Corona Electra 210 Typewriter
Robert Caro shows off his typewriter and also gives a succient explanation of his writing process and how to …
Book Reviews
The Hobbit and the Making of Middle-earth
Homer’s Eternal Return
“Dead Lions”: The Worst Spies in Britain Are the Only Ones Worth Saving
“Eight Million Ways to Die”: The Longest Case Is Staying Sober
Beyond the Badge: The Beautiful Wreckage of “The Guards”
“The Galton Case”: Family as Crime Scene
“The Ivory Grin” Has Teeth