Reviews
Our next book club: “The Yearling”
Join us this summer as we read The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings!
You’re invited: “The Old Man and the Sea” Book Club
Our next book club, The Old Man and the Sea! Get the details here.
An invitation: “The Old Man and the Sea” Book Club
Our next book club, The Old Man and the Sea! Get the details here.
Lost (and Found?) in Translation
Sarah Linville reviews Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga (Tin House, 2024)
From the Stacks: A Place on Earth
Jeffrey Bilbro shares about a book he loves which is out of print, the first edition of Wendell Berry’s A Place on Earth.
A note from our Book Club Editor and information for the “Wuthering Heights” sessions
A word from Sarah Linville, our Book Club Editor, and the information you need for the Wuthering Heights book club.
Clop-clop-clip-clop
Brody Eldridge reviews Tom's Crossing by Mark Z. Danielewski (Pantheon Books, 2025)
A reading from “A Christmas Carol”
It’s Christmas day and you haven’t missed it! Enjoy an excerpt from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
The Dangers of a Single Story
Sarah Linville reviews Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Knopf, 2025).
Fatalism and Family Life
Zoë Kaufmann reviews Killing Stella by Marlen Haushofer, translated by Shaun Whiteside (New Directions, 2025)
Our next book club: A Christmas Carol
On December 16, we’ll have our next book club. This time we’ll be talking about the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol. We’ll be meeting 8-9:30pm EST on Zoom. This book club is brought to you by our new Book Club Editor, Sarah Linville!
Illustrated Breadcrumbs
Brody Eldridge reviews Hansel and Gretel by Stephen King, with illustrations by Maurice Sendak (Scribner, 2025).
What are we doing here?
Brody Eldridge reviews Never Flinch by Stephen King (Scribner, 2025).
Cherry Blossoms, Pro Wrestling, and Stonewall Jackson: The American Dream?
Sarah Selden Linville reviews The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong (Penguin, 2025).
Katabasis: Impossible to Pronounce, Enjoyable to Read
Elizabeth Stice reviews Katabasis by R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager, 2025).
Murky Ecstasy
Geoffrey Reiter reviews Treatises on Dust by Timothy Jarvis (Swan River Press, 2024)
Book Club: “Joy in the Morning” by PG Wodehouse
We’re doing an online Book Club! Spend six weeks reading Joy in the Morning by PG Wodehouse with us!
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