September 20, 2018
How to Write an Ideological Novel
It is a truth if not universally then at least widely acknowledged that all fiction is inherently political. In fact, today, many writers would argue that all fiction should be […]
July 26, 2018
In the Dark
On Facebook, I watch a woman announce she’s just now starting to watch The Handmaid’s Tale. Twenty minutes into the first episode, she posts an update demanding to see an […]
November 30, 2017
Because That’s Real Life: An Evening with Margaret Atwood
On November 16, Margaret Atwood, the grande dame of all things literary (and of dystopian nightmares that have revealed themselves to be unnervingly prescient) graced Cleveland with her presence at […]
October 12, 2017
Book Tourist
You don’t have to travel to exotic locations to be a proper book tourist. Take my recent visit to a used bookstore in Sherman, New York, or the rack of […]
May 3, 2017
Margaret Atwood and The Speculative in Poetry
Online and in person, it feels like everyone’s talking about The Handmaid’s Tale, the ten-episode television series based on Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel of the same name, first published in 1985. […]
January 25, 2017
Celebration and Rage: The Women’s March in Reverse Chronology
Monday Two days after the Women’s March on Washington, a man comes to my house to install new carpet on the stairs and in the upstairs hallway. I have the […]