Anne Tyler’s Vinegar Girl is the latest in Hogarth’s series of Shakespearean classics retold by contemporary authors. With Vinegar Girl, Tyler (The Amateur Marriage) gives us her take on that classic tale of dating disagreeably, The Taming of the Shrew.
Time magazine, reporting on a 1989 plane crash, offhandedly mentioned that one passenger had been reading an Arthur C. Clarke novel. Clarke clipped the story and mailed it to Isaac Asimov, along with a note that the unfortunate reader should have brought along an Asimov novel, as it would have put him to sleep. Asimov’s response? “Oh, no, […]
As you read these words, eye blackened from a trick kaleidoscope, you might be tempted to think, “Boy, do I hate April Fools’ Day.” For victims of today’s pranks and merriment, the sentiment is understandable, but this is no time to be a wet whoopee cushion. Revel in some schadenfreude instead, with this list of fiction’s […]
Say you’re going out for a night on the town, and romance is on your brain. You’d be wise to bring along a character who can break the ice, talk you up, and be an overall awesome wingman. Here’s a great list of some bros you might want to consider in your quest for love—but […]
One of the books I read quite a few times as a child was my mother’s copy of Tales from Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb. I liked the stories fine, but mostly I just didn’t have enough other books to read! Kids these days have access to brighter and shinier books then I had […]