At 191-pages, not-quite 5 x 7 inches in size, and with a lone person tromping through snow on the cover, “Tinkers” by Paul Harding is so darling, I couldn’t wait to read it. The title is terribly sweet—sweet enough that a friend mentioned it would be the perfect name for a puppy. And the hype [...]
For the past several months, I’ve been carrying on a love affair with the short story. I’m generally predisposed toward novels but these days, given the chaos of modern life, it may be a day or two (or, admittedly, longer) before I have time to settle in again. At which point, I’m out of sync [...]
I will, I will, I will! weigh in on the UCSD PR nightmare that seems to get worse with each day, and which makes me want to bubble-wrap my little girl before I launch her into the dangerous territory of adulthood. But for now, I’m busy faxing and re-faxing and re-faxing again, reams of paper. [...]
My book reviews now have their very own byline over at Culture Lust, which is terribly exciting for me (you can read my review of Jose Saramago’s Blindness here and Sara Gruen’s Water For Elephants here). And yet, I can’t help but wonder why KPBS would want to risk their fine reputation by slumming around [...]