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Nov 23, 2022

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As the West Loses Its Religion, So Do Its Christmas Stories

Nov 16, 2022

In April of this year, Helen Rosner of The New Yorker published an essay called “Julia Child Gets Sliced and Diced for a New Era of Television,” in…

Aug 26, 2022

One of the most difficult popular fiction genres to define with any precision is the “thriller.” Years ago in a book review (I can’t recall which one…

Jul 6, 2022

On May 19, the New York Times carried an extended obituary of a Scottish novelist named Elspeth Barker. The following day, the Times ran an extended…

Jun 27, 2022

I’ve argued before on this blog that 1975 was the greatest year in the history of crime/mystery fiction. Whenever I find myself in a good used-book…

Jun 24, 2022

This August brings us the seventieth anniversary of the release of John Ford’s classic 1952 film The Quiet Man, which starred John Wayne, Maureen…

Jun 10, 2022

It is often said that politics is downstream from culture. In the 1990s, various films (Philadelphia, Love! Valour! Compassion!, etc), and TV shows…

Jun 10, 2022

A Boomer and His Books

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