For my birthday in January, I received a message from my brother, Paul, informing me that my birthday present might be a few days late. "Okay. No worries," I replied, curious but not concerned. And yet when the package arrived, I had not envisioned a behemoth of an old book by an author I'd never … Continue reading Forgotten But Not Gone: Edna Ferber’s ‘So Big’
modernist literature
Happy Armistice Day
The Great War, or what has come to be known as World War I, shattered how many Westerners thought of themselves and destroyed a belief in the inarguable good of progress. During this first fully mechanized war—the first to include airplanes, tanks, and modern chemical weapons—nation states used technological advancements to decimate cities, landscapes, and … Continue reading Happy Armistice Day
The Proust Project
The weather has begun to turn, away from the languidity of late summer and into an unapologetic, in-your-face bluster of early fall. 2019 feels like it's entered a stormy adolescence and that makes the time feel right to turn to Proust. This will be year five of my Proust project, my goal to read one … Continue reading The Proust Project
Dogs, Coffee, & Books 