Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page fifty. Until you’ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself with words. Wash yourself away. Dissolve. Carol Shields Republic of Love

An Act of Preservation: Telling Stories

The stories in Birds of a Lesser Paradise are so consistently good that I almost didn’t want to read them.

Scribner – Simon & Schuster, 2012

Beginning Megan Mayhew Bergman’s collection, I had no expectations. She’s been much-anthologized, and has a nice list of publishing credits, but that doesn’t guarantee a good match between [...]