The Ape, the Idiot, and Other People William C. Morrow Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1897. The nineteenth century is capped by monsters: Frankenstein in the beginning (1818) and Dracula … Read more »
In 1974, Links Books published an interesting book entitled The Hog Farm and Friends, by Wavy Gravy (Hugh Romney) and with a foreword by Ken Kesey. The Hog Farm, … Read more »
[This article originally appeared in High Points magazine.] Some stories are retold so often that they become part of our cultural folklore; eventually we are able to go … Read more »
[This image is of Javert, from Les Miserables. It definitely ranks in my personal top ten favorite illustrations of all time.] Both of our stores have an … Read more »
Can the world end without zombies being involved? It may be hard to believe, but just a few years ago, stories set in post-apocalyptic times did not generally … Read more »
Recently I had the occasion to read the diary of President James K. Polk. This was the first time I had ever read a book written by a … Read more »
His family were refugees from Tibet, he grew up in India. The most interesting anecdote is from when he was a student monk in India. Curiously, in a … Read more »
An interesting book from Vienna, in which a decadent count “dies”, and then comes back to life. Rather than going back to his old life, he decides to … Read more »
This beautifully produced book by Michael & Winifred Bixler (2008) was originally written as an essay to be included in the 1999 Godine reissue of Morison’s “Tally of … Read more »
Strange to say, this brief humorous piece is not Google-able: although I’m sure the piece is in a printed bibliography of Bradbury, the title is not to be … Read more »