June 9, 2024: By “Here” I mean here in New England, a good chunk of which is Maine, a significant …
Here, Not on Gilligan’s Island
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 …
Old Hollywood (As If You Care)
December 31, 2023: I’m back (not that you were waiting) with another list of books on Old Hollywood. Presented alphabetically …
Hey Look! It’s Cuddles!
December 6, 2023: In 1953’s Small Town Girl, a character played by Hungarian-born S. Z. “Cuddles” Sakall (1883-1955) frets about …
I Married a Steve
August 17, 2023: Vogue.com kindly just posted a shortened version of a piece I wrote in defense of the Steves …
Monsters!
April 28, 2023: Don’t be scared. Claire Dederer has a really aces new book out called Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma …
Come On, Eat the Yogurt
March 30, 2023: Salon has just posted (see here) my essay “Look at him: Why can’t straight guys acknowledge male …