Year of the Month: Oliver Miller on BABYLON REVISITED
By the time he wrote “Babylon Revisited,” F. Scott Fitzgerald was pretty well fucked. It’s…
Let There Be Light: Persia on The Complicated Labyrinth of THE TOMBS OF ATUAN
Ursula K. Le Guin had never written books for young people before changing the field…
The Solute Book Club: WAR WITH THE NEWTS (discussion)
The good news is, you’ve finished Karel Čapek ‘s War with the Newts; the bad…
The Solute Book Club: WAR WITH THE NEWTS (Introduction)
First, a WARNING: steer clear of the online versions of the David Wylie translation, which…
Year Of The Month: Miller on THE RAT ON FIRE
The Rat on Fire opens with a man complaining about his job, setting the tone…
Furnace by Livia Llewellyn – The Solute Book Club
The last story in Furnace, “The Unattainable,” isn’t a horror story like the other in…
Year of the Month: HOP ON POP
Once upon a time, you had to actually grow up with someone to reminisce about…
Year of the Month: Miller on MOSTLY HARMLESS
What we call the internet — a word that at root describes connection more than…
The Friday Article Roundup: The Written Word
This Week You Will Turn the Page On: Book adaptation Advice letters Historical fiction Literary…
Year of the Month: 55 Years of 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE
Content note: This article contains references to sexual assault, including of minors, and incest I…