Stories By Elinor Teele
Non-Fiction Reviews
Daughter of Heaven by Nigel Cawthorne
February 16, 2025In a shocking and vaguely incestuous move, she seduced T’ai-tsung’s son, the Emperor Kao-tsung, and from...
Fiction Reviews
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
February 14, 2025This book isn’t a book, it’s a jazz piece, a series of improvisations on Díaz’s country,...
Fiction Reviews
The Quiet Girl by Peter Høeg
February 13, 2025A thriller is often a race, but without the understanding of exactly why this girl is...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins by Rupert Everett
February 4, 2025The universe appears to have cheated Rupert Everett. By rights, he belongs to the Edwardian age,...
Anthropology
Light of the Moon by Luane Rice
August 8, 2024Femi-lit doesn’t make as many headlines as its younger sister, but it shares certain familial traits....
Movies & TV
The Big Country: How the West Finally Won
July 22, 2024It’s not a classic in the sense of Casablanca or Citizen Kane, but it’s a kind...