5 Novels Whose Main Characters Are Shut-ins
Characters, as a rule, should possess agency. They must be capable of changing the course of the plot, of meeting conflict,…
Whered You Go Bernadette
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There are novels, and there are anthropological studies, and then there are books that are a curious mixture of the…
7 Great Books for People Who Love Modern Family
It’s kinda fun liking something a lot of other people like. We call it popular culture for a reason, right? Popularity…
2 New Books (and 5 Old Ones) That Prove the Epistolary Novel is Alive and Well
When we previously considered the role of narrative voice in fiction, we left out one of the biggies—one in which,…
Love Nora Ephron? Here Are 5 Books You Need to Read
Nora Ephron wrote her truth. She shared the daily horrors and joys of being a particular type of woman (opinionated,…
A Funny, Madcap Gone Girl
Maria Semple’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette is newly out in paperback, and the cover is emblazoned with reasons you should…