Stories By Julia Braun Kessler
Great Britain
The Man Who Made Lists by Joshua Kendall
June 21, 2026By the end of that lecture, Roget had concluded that one of the causes of “the...
Books
Murdering Miss Austen
June 14, 2026Jane Austen, whose sharp tongue barely left her cheek during her short lifetime, and, whose caustic...
Fiction Reviews
Fire in the Blood by Irène Némirovsky
June 9, 2026Silvio’s tale proceeds to unravel the neighborhood secrets, as he uncovers them with a skill that...
Non-Fiction Reviews
The House That George Built by Wilfrid Sheed
June 5, 2026And in recreating social history, what a star-studded cast he lines up to perform for us!...
Non-Fiction Reviews
The Orientalist: Solving The Mystery of A Strange and Dangerous Life – by Tom Reiss
May 15, 2026Admirers of a haunting gem of a novel called, ALI & NINO, a work that seemed...

Italy
Book Review: Naples Declared: A Walk Around The Bay by Benjamin Taylor
April 30, 2026Considering how “casual” the work is in its approach, you could, I suppose, call it a...
Fiction Reviews
All Whom I Have Loved by Aharon Appelfeld
December 6, 2025Aharon Appelfeld’s new novel, All Whom I Have Loved is indeed a riveting, if ominous tale,...

Books
Book Review: Some of My Lives: A Scrapbook Memoir by Rosamond Bernier
October 30, 2025Rosamond’s very early experiences with the great and famous were connected with her father’s love for...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Literary Brooklyn by Evan Hughes
September 28, 2025In his new history of the borough’s development you can virtually trace the emergence of America...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards
July 6, 2025If anything can be said with certainty about our fickle reading public, it is that they...






