The Reckless Oath We Made, by Bryn Greenwood

We don’t think a lot about feudalism or fealty much these days. We just don’t organize our societies that way … More

A Kitchen in the Corner of the House, by Ambai

Reading Ambai’s* collection, A Kitchen in the Corner of the House, is like being a tourist in the lives of … More

Every now and then, I’ll pick up a book and it feels like I’ve gone to the movies instead of … More

At one point in Monique Truong’s novel, The Sweetest Fruits, one of the narrators tells her interviewer that it’s not … More

Emily Temple rounded up 11 authors writing in praise of Shirley Jackson. (LitHub) Pair with Jackson’s advice for writers. (LitHub) … More

Ben Schott beautifully captures the tone, whimsy, and silliness of P.G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster stories in Jeeves and the … More

Stefan Zweig’s writing seems to be everywhere since The Grand Budapest Hotel came out. Zweig was an essayist, journalist, and … More

Shaun Bythell continues to recount his adventures as the proprietor of the Bookshop, in Wigtown, Scotland, in Confessions of a … More

They say that the only things that are inevitable are death and taxes. This aphorism leaves out of a lot … More

So many works of historical fiction revolve around the limited roles women had for, well, most of recorded history. In … More