Book Review: Mightier Than The Sword: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Battle for America by David S. Reynolds
April 21, 2024The escalating one-upmanship led to some truly bizarre innovations, such as casting famous boxers in the...
Day Late, Dollar Short, Solid Gold: “Dear Twilight…”
April 20, 2024Somewhere in the Twilight cutting room, did the thought never stir that they could drag untold...
Book Review: Bird Cloud by Annie Proulx
April 19, 2024Place, in literature, is often the most complex of characters, boasting variable backdrops with tones and...
I Am NOT An Animal! (But I Play One In The Movies)
April 19, 2024Putting animal antics into movies is a perennially popular way to cobble up a goofball family...
Book Review: Doc by Mary Doria Russell
April 18, 2024It is the daily struggle of life that blights the lives of Russell’s protagonists. Ill-health and...
Book Review: Miss New India by Bharati Mukherjee
April 15, 2024The title refers to the new female embodiment aspired to by the main character Anjali Bose...
Book Review: Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great’s Empire by Robin Waterfield
April 12, 2024It did not take long before most of the Diadochi were gripped by a lust for...