The Quivering Pen

111. Three slashes, like a prisoner scratching the number of days in his prison cell; in my case, however, I was liberated by the on...

The Margaret Atwood comparisons are inevitable. Dust the surface and Miriam Toews’ new novel Women Talking bears a thematic resembl...

Simply put, the best sentence(s) I’ve read this past week, presented out of context and without commentary. We’re impervious, we scint...

Reader:  Elizabeth Marro Location:  San Diego, CA Collection Size:  Between 500 and 600. The one book I'd run back into a burni...

Front Porch Books is a monthly tally of books — mainly advance review copies (aka “uncorrected proofs” and “galleys”) — I’ve received fr...

This is the one where I expose myself as a two-faced liar. For far too long, I've stood at the fringes of conversation at parties, no...