Category Archives: Books/Literature
I knew this would happen
Laurel just read a book. She didn’t just read the words of an old familiar book in our collection, which she’s been doing for months. From memory. She read a new book she’d never seen before. I picked out some … Continue reading
Book Review: The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.” After soaking up the last few chapters of Stephen King’s magnificent opus The Dark Tower, I had this overwhelming urge to recategorize my bookshelf to make room for … Continue reading
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Book Review: Song of Susannah, The Dark Tower VI
OK, first I have a confession and an apology to two fine men: Mr. Stephen King and Allen J. Holt. More than a few years ago, when I was just a pretentious grad student of English, I found myself drunkenly … Continue reading
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Book Review: The Red Tent
One of the things that struck me over and over again in Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent (1997, St. Martin’s Press) is the fact that the reader is, in encountering the text, a participant in the unraveling of a history. … Continue reading
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Book Review: Chronicle of a Death Foretold
On the first page of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ short novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold, the reader is given the climax of the story–the murder of Santiago Nasar. Using an inverted story structure, however, doesn’t keep the reader from wanting … Continue reading
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