Plays on Assumptions: Garry Crystal’s “And When The Arguing’s Over”
Those of you who have been following my blog for some time now know I don’t keep secret my high admiration of Garry Crystal as a writer. Having published two previous short story collections, “The Last Busker in London and Other London Tales” and “A Relationship, in Pieces”, I’ve always looked forward to what he has on tap next. This time More...
Concealed Narratives
What do we really know? “Theories are concealed narratives…we should not be taken in by their claims to be valid for all time.” – Jean-François Lyotard Beliefs, theories, ideas: things we grab More...
Book Review: “Lazarus Is Dead” by Richard Beard
Europa Editions, 2012 I once saw an interview with novelist Salman Rushdie on C-Span where he discussed his interest in religion, despite the fact that he sees himself as an atheist. He said to the interviewer that More...
The Paper Thin Wall
[media-credit id=6 align="alignleft" width="300"][/media-credit]How one simple “tweet” to a celebrity unleashed a barrage of hate from Right Wing extremists Who am I? This is the existential question More...
Book Review: “The Possibility of an Island” by Michel Houellebecq
[media-credit id=6 align="alignleft" width="198"][/media-credit] There’s so much happening with this novel, I don’t even know where to begin – so let’s start by saying that underneath the philosophical More...
Book Review: “The Private Lives of Trees” by Alejandro Zambra
Rating Alejandro Zambra is quickly becoming a very well respected writer in his native Chile and throughout Latin America as a whole. Now he’s ready for the English speaking audience and I’m certain More...
Book Review: You Deserve Nothing by Alexander Maksik
Europa Editions, 2011, 322 pps You Deserve Nothing by Alexander MaksikEuropa Editions, 2011 Will Silver is a high school teacher at an international school in Paris. He is adored by his students for his unconventional More...
Trafficking in Make Believe
A friend of mine once told me, referring to the creative act, that “people have taken something that should be joyful and turned it into a fucking science.” I liked that – because it’s true. No matter More...
