Book Review: Dark at the Crossing
March 6, 2017When the cause seems hopeless, what distinguishes dedication from delusion?
Toward Compassion
January 22, 2017It’s worth considering what we mean by compassion, empathy, and a shared social contract–and what we lose when we don’t bother to consider it at all.
Jenny’s Year in Reading, 2016
December 31, 20162016 was an exceptionally good reading year. Here’s what I managed to consume!
Book Review: The Bowl with Gold Seams
November 22, 2016This gorgeous, quietly nuanced debut novel teaches that what is broken is also beautiful.
Book Review: The Most Famous Writer Who Ever Lived
November 10, 2016He may no longer be a household name, but after reading this captivating bio/memoir, you’ll never forget MacKinlay Kantor.
Book Review: Mary Astor’s Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936
November 5, 2016The legendary illustrator delivers a rip-roaring fan bio that reminds us coitus isn’t a recent invention.
Book Review: Commonwealth
September 25, 2016The line between fiction and autobiography blurs in this wholly satisfying novel.
Whose Story Is It Anyway?
September 22, 2016Can a stingray wound become literary gold? Does the stingray get a vote? Hmm. Whose story is it?
Book Review: Riverine, A Memoir from Anywhere but Here
September 20, 2016A young writer’s memoir wrestles with complex questions of place and identity.
Book Review: The Glamour of Strangeness
September 10, 2016Recalling a time when artists could lose themselves — and find inspiration — in the utterly foreign.
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