We Are All Animals

How a book about a giant Pacific octopus helped me confront my dog’s mortality.

Statuary Thrall

Marveling at Norway’s monumental novelists.

A Column Is Born

This new blog will explore why small presses are such a big deal.

Feels Like the First Time

The pleasure of (re)reading James Lee Burke.

Dubious Choices

Suffering through Against Nature.

Graphically Gallic

What a little French shop taught me about bandes dessinées.

Style Is Character

What writers can learn from fashion.

Birds of a Feather

The surprising poignancy of crows (talking or otherwise).