Stories By Elinor Teele
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Cleopatra: A Biography by Duane W. Roller
September 12, 2026Pity Duane W. Roller, author of Cleopatra: A Biography. I can just imagine the initial conversation...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Wild Romance: A Victorian Story of a Marriage, a Trial, and a Self-Made Woman by Chloë Schama
September 10, 2026A secret affair. A scandalous sex-filled trial. A tell-all novel. If it’s any consolation to Tiger...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Shakespeare’s Lost Kingdom: The True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth by Charles Beauclerk
September 4, 2026I would have thought Shakespeare in Love might have advanced our understanding of the authorship debate,...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The American Girl by Monika Fagerholm
August 24, 2026It's a radioactive fairy tale, with adults known only by nicknames (the Black Sheep, the baroness)...
Fiction Reviews
The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
August 15, 2026Oliver won’t socialize. He won’t even speak. He simply spends his days wrapped in his obsession,...
Fiction Reviews
Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving
August 13, 2026For Last Night in Twisted River is the work of a seasoned tale-teller, a writer who...
Non-Fiction Reviews
The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War by James Bradley
August 11, 2026James Bradley doesn't like Theodore Roosevelt. Let's get that clear from the get-go. Nor does he...
Music
Nicole Atkins: Femme Noir
August 4, 2026She’s been called the female Roy Orbison, a psychedelic metalhead who grew up listening to Elvis...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series by Mark Frost
August 4, 2026Baseball’s World Series. 1975. The Cincinnati Reds, manager Sparky Anderson’s Big Red Machine, are up 3...
Fiction Reviews
The Bigness of the World by Lori Ostlund
August 2, 2026The Bigness of the World, Ostlund's first collection of short stories, was good enough for the...




