When I first heard of Hogarth’s Shakespeare Series, modern retellings of various Shakespeare plays by various novelists, I was mildly intrigued by the concept. When I first realized that my favorite Shakespeare, The Tempest, was being reinterpreted by Margaret Atwood, I immediately added it to my must-read list….and promptly forgot about it for a couple of months while I waited for it to arrive from the long queue at the library. But at last, it arrived and was promptly devoured within 3 days of reading. […]
Forgiveness Lives Alone and Far Off Down the Road
Don’t read Lorrie Moore. Everybody should read Lorrie Moore immediately. Lorrie Moore is not recommended, lest you dissolve into a pile of tears and whiskey because she says everything you feel and think deep down and not so deep down. Lorrie Moore is essential, because she says everything you feel and think deep down and not so deep down. I had already been a Lorrie Moore fan. Her writing is beautiful, her female characters complex and flawed and real. Her jokes are sharp, her heartbreaks palpable. […]
Might Does Not Make Right
Greetings from a first-time Cannonballer! How fitting that my first dive into this challenge coincided with my every 3 years or so re-readings of one of my favorite books: T.H. White’s Arthurian masterpiece, The Once and Future King (which is also one of Professor X’s favorite books, so I am in good company). What makes this book so wonderful is that it is perfect for both those who love Arthurian legends and who are well versed in Thomas Malory’s and others’ versions and for those […]