January 10, 2025: Me, I have not been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, but Adam Haslett has been (twice). I …
Me and My Pulitzer (-Nominated Interview Subject)
…But Younger
January 1, 2025: In Susan Minot’s Don’t Be a Stranger, which I review today in the Portland Press Herald (see here; it’s apparently …
New Old Hollywood (books)
December 31, 2024: This year I read five corking good books about Old Hollywood, all published in 2024; they’re listed …
InstaNell
December 4, 2024: If you know me, you know that I’m the world’s least technological person, so rest assured, I …
I’m Writing for Kirkus
September 3, 2024: No, not Kirk: Kirkus. For which I’m now writing. Book reviews, I mean. In addition to my …
Here, Not on Gilligan’s Island
June 9, 2024: By “Here” I mean here in New England, a good chunk of which is Maine, a significant …
All Hanna, No Barbera
May 17, 2024: Here’s my Shelf Awareness interview with Kathleen Hanna to coincide with the release of her swell new …
Mary Richards Was (Kind of) My Mom
May 12, 2024: Today, on what some are calling Mother’s Day, Salon is kindly running a piece I wrote (original …
They’ll Be There for You (in Hell)
May 12, 2024: With its cast of six animated thirtysomethings in perfect male-female balance, Darby Kane’s thriller–horror novel crossbreed The Engagement …
No, Not Like Fatal Attraction
April 7, 2024: Liv Andersson’s new thriller, Leave the Lights On, is nothing like Fatal Attraction, as I say in my review, out today …