Short takes — Mille BornesIf Mille Bornes had been created in the United States, it almost certainly would not be about road racing. It would be about commuting.Dec 28, 2020Dec 28, 2020
Short takes — Russian DollIt is difficult to not compare Russian Doll to Groundhog Day, but if one pushes past the first and second iterations, it’s a comparison…Dec 28, 2020Dec 28, 2020
Short takes — Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the DeadIn 1078, St. Anselm of Canterbury formulated a peculiar proof of the existence of God. In each of our minds, Anselm argued, exists the…Jan 17, 2020Jan 17, 2020
Short takes — Out Stealing HorsesIt is difficult to be young, to see the world and to not have the tools yet to recognize it.Jan 12, 2020Jan 12, 2020
Short takes — AstroballThere are two big issues worth tackling after reading Ben Reiter’s Astroball (and ostensibly after reading Michael Lewis’s Moneyball, the…Jan 12, 2020Jan 12, 2020
Short Takes — The English PatientI don’t know why I held off this long on reading Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient. I have long adored the sumptuous visuals of…May 9, 2019May 9, 2019
Short takes — CrudoEveryone knows that the avant garde novelist Kathy Acker died of breast cancer in 1997 in a Mexico alternative treatment center. What…Feb 2, 2019Feb 2, 2019
Short takes — Essayism: On Form, Feeling, and NonfictionIt is not easy to write in fragments.Jan 4, 2019Jan 4, 2019
Short takes — SilenceShūsaku Endō’s novel about a Jesuit priest who clandestinely enters Japan in 1639 in the face of the prohibition of Christianity frames…Sep 4, 2018Sep 4, 2018
Short takes — What Remains of Edith FinchWhen I was in high school, I wrote a story about a boy who was in love with his cousin and ends up dying tragically when she hits him with…Feb 1, 2018Feb 1, 2018
