Almost every day people are forced to choose between right and wrong. Usually these decisions involve minor issues, but sometimes they can be life-altering. Taken together, they define who we are. In Mark Willen’s new […]
Good stories start on the day that was different. Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver starts on a day that is so different for Dellarobia Turnbow, she initially doesn’t know what’s happened to her, not in […]
Reading a novel written by someone you know can be daunting. Reviewing it can be even worse. What if you don’t like it? In the case of Permanent Makeup, such fears were never a problem. […]
Reading A Prayer for Owen Meany means spending time in a swirling conglomeration of quirky characters and unexpected twists of fate. Starting with the title character, an abnormally small boy with an abnormally high voice, […]
Ever since I read about a computer model developed by researchers at Stony Brook University to predict the success of novels based solely on writing style, I’ve been pondering why this study upsets me so. […]
Charles Frazier has a distinctive way with words. Although other critics have condemned his lush descriptions and detailed action passages, I usually enjoy them. I especially liked the way his first novel, Cold Mountain, was […]
What are you looking forward to in 2014? A vacation? A birthday? A wedding? The possibilities are many, and anticipation is half the fun. Although they may not have the glamour of a vacation, […]
When I write fiction, I always start with place. Not consciously, actually, but I know my stories are going to take place in the South, usually in a small town in the South, because that’s […]
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