Essay by Marjorie Hakala
The nice thing about magic, from what I could tell as a young reader, was that it gave such an order to existence.
Reader's Life
Magic Smells Like Chicory Root
Sep 21, 2020
Reading Proust at the Gym
Nov 19, 2018
Essay by Steven Lewis
Swann’s Way was simply impassable. Even Proust said so.
Everything that Rises
Sep 18, 2017
Report by Steven Volynets
Admitting you are a writer at Wheeler’s is like admitting to folding origami or shopping at the Whole Foods.
Eight Novels to Prepare You for the End of Civilization
Mar 20, 2017
Feature by Tim Weed
If you’re stocking the shelves of your survival shelter, don’t forget to throw in a few gripping novels.
Death and the Failings of Fiction
Nov 21, 2016
Theme Essay by Rebecca Steinitz
I called my children by each other’s names, missed appointments, left my keys in the running car.
Doing Lines
Feb 29, 2016
Essay by William Horwath
Lines don’t come cheap or easy. It just sounds as if they do.
My Yopp into the Void
Apr 27, 2015
Theme Essay by Devin Donovan
Horton can’t hear me. I’m on the dandelion he tramples while looking for his Whos.
Movies with My Mother—and James Agee
Nov 24, 2014
Essay by Marc Schiffman
I could still hear the movie voices circling at the bottom of the staircase like lost and scared children in a forest.
Gillian Flynn Helped Me Survive My First Election
Sep 29, 2014
Essay by Fran Cronin
I began listening to these books as naively as I’d begun my campaign: Press the start button and go.
The Novel as Family Therapy
May 19, 2014
Theme Essay by Wendy Glaas
Compared to these families, maybe my own isn’t so badly off, after all.
