It's tough to say how many Candace Bushnell books Alice Munro's read. I'm tempted to say three: Four Blondes , Lipstick Jungle ,...

We're all prisoners of Canadian literature. And I say that knowing anyone who reads this blog has probably taken specific steps to arriv...

This afternoon I saw an ad for a movie called The Strangers . It was a typical ghost story: A family's killed; another family moves into...

Yesterday, while reading Mr Sammler's Planet, I started thinking about shoes. I don't know why. Big, red shoes. Patent leather, with...

I didn't post yesterday. Hundreds of people flooded my inbox. They wanted to know why. What was I doing? Where was I? Another question w...

I'm at a point in my life where I don't believe happiness is possible. I don't believe success is possible. Don't even ask m...

Everyone hates begging the government for money. But as a graduate student you've got to do it. You've got to get on your knees, op...