The Friday Article Roundup: Pucker Up
This Week You Will Plant a Big Smacker On: military recruiters Kiwis David Sedaris soothing…
A Few Scattered Thoughts On Perfection: Babalugats on HOW TO BE PERFECT
Pre-Introduction Introduction I’m a fan of Michael Schur. I feel like I should get that…
But we demand the Flame: the Book of J (the Solute Book Club)
Header image by Dikla Laor, used by permission.¹ Title from Emily Dickinson, used because I could.…
Freddy Got Fungooed: Widespread Panic by James Ellroy (with John “Son of Griff” Anderson)
For all readers and Ellroy fans out there: John and Grant co-hosted a LIVE reading…
The Spiral: Avathoir and wallflower Talk About Thomas Pynchon, 11: Bleeding Edge (and a Retrospective on Everything Else Too)
“I can’t really tell objectively how sorry I should feel for myself. I don’t give…
Year of the Month: GIRL TROUBLE, by Holly Goddard Jones
We live, I’ve heard, in a civilized country, in a civilized time. – “Parts,” by…
Hold for Probable Nightmares: Son of Griff and wallflower Talk About James Ellroy’s THIS STORM
DOCUMENT INSERT: 4/25/1940. New English Weekly, review of The Thirties, authored by ERIC ARTHUR BLAIR…
Historical Fiction Corner: WATERGATE by Thomas Mallon
A moody Republican, long considered a national joke, is elected President of the United States…
Blind Reads: Peace by Gene Wolfe
Blind Reads: In which wallflower and Avathoir read each other’s favorite books without knowing a…
Dissolve On (7/2/2017-7/8/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…