All Posts

  • The sentence

    Just finished The Sentence by Louise Erdrich. Despite some reviews it’s not “a love letter to readers and booksellers” (or anyone else) nor “a wickedly funny ghost story” or any other kind of funny. It’s An Important Book, the kind high school teachers tend to assign when they want their students to Consider And Discuss……

    Click here

  • Новогодние привидения

    I always have trouble finding this post by Anna Kozlova, so I’m putting it here. It’s one of those “more true than reality” things and always makes me cry. Of course, it’s not just NY cooking – the ghosts are always with us, and we do so many other things because of them. “Не в……

    Click here

  • Notes for the next trip

    Click here