Year of the Month: Miller on MOSTLY HARMLESS
What we call the internet — a word that at root describes connection more than…
The Friday Article Roundup: The Written Word
This Week You Will Turn the Page On: Book adaptation Advice letters Historical fiction Literary…
Year of the Month: 55 Years of 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE
Content note: This article contains references to sexual assault, including of minors, and incest I…
Year of the Month: THE STREET OF CROCODILES
Bruno Schulz’s The Street of Crocodiles was originally published in Poland as Cinnamon Shops. While…
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.…
The Solute Book Club: the Book of J, an Introduction
Even a nonbeliever might find it useful to model himself after God. (Cormac McCarthy) The…
Year of the Month: OH THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK!
Someone once told me the very beginning is a very good place to start, and…
The Four Traits of Walt Whitman
Before and after the pandemic struck, one of my main goals as a writer and…
Year of the Month: Persia on BEDTIME FOR FRANCES
There might never be a better book written about nighttime struggles than Bedtime for Frances.…
The Solute Book Club: TROPIC OF ORANGE
I had so much I wanted to write before this month got derailed. Earlier today…