Cubism’s Poet
The French poet Max Jacob united, in both his art and his life, the spirits of the ancient and sharply contrasting commedia dell’arte figures Harlequin and...
Intrepid Navigators
“Birdbrain,” “silly goose,” “dumb as a dodo”—epithets like these reflect a widespread popular opinion that birds (except perhaps owls) aren’t very bright. Three recent books disagree...
The Wanderer
Jan Morris’s remarkable life was made up of many journeys, and now that the journey is over, two examples of her resolute walking are haunting me....
Rathlin Island
Here, where field drops to sea, where big applause, beginningless, of surf and gulls drowns the fledgling speeches fluttered from the stage our entrance made this...
Promethean Women
Here are some ideas for a social revolution. All schools shall be coeducational, with no fees, plenty of outdoor exercise for pupils, and emphasis placed on...
Is it Worth Reading if I Forget Everything I Read?
My partner and I are both book nerds–we met working at a bookstore–but we don’t have a lot of overlap in our reading. He tends towards...
The Prophetic Visions of Octavia E. Butler
At NPR, Ramtin Arablouei reflects on the the urgency of Octavia Butler‘s novels and why her work calls on us to use our greatest power: to...
The Confessions of a Daddy by Ellis Parker Butler
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The Beggar’s Purse: A Fairy Tale of Familiar Finance by Samuel Hopkins Adams
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The Flying Death by Samuel Hopkins Adams
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