“Face” Alice Munro

2017-07-25T11:22:56-04:00

"You think that would have changed things?" "The answer is of course, and for a while, and never." In interview with Eleanor Wachtel, Nick Hornby discusses the "problem of being divided being two worlds" saying that many of us have a version of this in our own lives. This is true

“Face” Alice Munro2017-07-25T11:22:56-04:00

Megan Abbott’s The Fever (2014)

2014-06-17T12:37:20-04:00

Paradoxically, the phenomenon in The Fever has a chilling effect on characters and readers alike. The girls fall to the ground, one after the next; they writhe and tensions rise but blood is chilled. Little Brown & Company, 2014 “As Deenie walked out, a coolness began to sink

Megan Abbott’s The Fever (2014)2014-06-17T12:37:20-04:00

“Floating Bridge” Alice Munro

2014-03-24T08:22:28-04:00

Jinny has been standing on shifting ground. Expectations are thwarted: these are times of transformation. This was true, too, in "Gravel" and in "Oh What Avails". But there she is: the space in which she is standing shifts both literally and metaphorically. Things have been all-a-shift for some time now.

“Floating Bridge” Alice Munro2014-03-24T08:22:28-04:00

Jonas T. Bengtsson’s A Fairy Tale (2014)

2014-06-26T15:06:07-04:00

Fairy tales began as stories for adults. "They were the television and pornography of their day, the life-lightening trash of preliterate peoples," says John Updike. Translated (Danish) Charlotte BarslundOther Press, 2014 Distraction and entertainment, but years later edification and morality: the words 'fairy tale' mean different things in

Jonas T. Bengtsson’s A Fairy Tale (2014)2014-06-26T15:06:07-04:00
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