The Garden House: What’s In Bloom (And What Shouldn’t Be)?

It was a negative review that made me read The Garden House: A Novel, by Linda Mahkovec, a short novel that has received mostly positive

Thoughts on the Nora Roberts Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Cristiane Serruya

Last week, the news broke that Nora Roberts, famed American author of more than 200 romance novels, has sued Cristiane Serruya, who lives in Rio

A Review of My Courtroom Drama Update to Pride and Prejudice

Many thanks to Melanie of Grab the Lapels for her thoughtful review of A Case of First Impression, a legal drama inspired by Jane Austen’s

Gay Writers, Stereotypes, & The Developing Law

In From a Whisper to a Riot: The Gay Writers Who Crafted an American Literary Tradition (2019), Adam Burgess, Ph.D., examines the history of gay

Life Lessons in the Phantom Tollbooth: Has It Aged Well?

I read The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster, for the first time three years ago, absorbing it as an adult and wishing it had been

The Pitfalls of Identifying with an Ancestor #Memoir #Genealogy

American Ghost (2015) sounds like a ghost story based on its title, but it’s not. It’s a memoir tracing the author’s family history, starting with