Wish fulfillment ain’t what it used to be — maybe I should have read a little more closely through the contributors’ list before I checked out What Might Have Been: Imaginary History From Twelve Leading Historians. I’m a suck[…]

Spiderman Reviews Crayons: like the elephant art, this could have been made for the Wedge.[…]

elephant art[…]

Goth when it really meant something, or something — flipping through a French-language collection of Gustave Dore’s work, part biography and part sampling of his many efforts, led me to conclude I really need to find a good English langua[…]

BLOGS GROW UP! :(
probably there’s other mainstream American Style Bigwigs caved before wolcott – ex of the village voice years back, then of vanity fair, more recently also the new yorker – but he crystallises the coming problem p[…]

Why do people do those lists on Amazon. You know the ones: Ten Great Reads, Ten Books Worth The Wait. I guess there is a degree of vanity involved, and what is the web if not the home of vanity publishing.
Nevertheless how about this for a list. Grea[…]

Hey, What’s that Smell? Everyone sniff what’s going down.
I finished Patrick Suskind’s Perfume: The Story of a Murderer last night. I am still in awe of what a literary work of art the story was. I am also, subsequently, reeking fro[…]

the victorians were very extremely weird part 3567256
i sort of maintain an interest for professional reasons, and also bcz they helped create a pathway into the golden age of fantastical children’s lit and illustration, but is there a SINGLE […]

Super-villain Names News: uncharted territory entered (via ILC)[…]

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
I’m not going to review this book. On Amazon, dan2004 says “you certainly get a lot of laughs per pound” and “A reader” says “I kept putting itdown and down and down aga[…]