The Committed
The novel opens with les boat-people, a belittling term under which Vietnamese fleeing from occupied/liberated (depending on whom you are speaking to)
Why I am not Going to Buy a Computer
Back in the 1980s Wendell Berry argued that he does not need a computer to write, despite everyone around him saying so.
How to do Nothing
When someone announces on social media that they are going to take a break from it, we no longer smirk. What seemed funny and pretentious just a few y
MEETINI: Remixing the Weekend
Is it a mirage? Is it a dream? No. It’s Meetini.
The High House
This April it’s Jessie Greengrass and The High House, which tells the tale of a small group trying to survive in a flooded holiday village in Englan
Eat a Peach
David Chang is a charming egomaniac, and his book Eat a Peach is a testament to his career as a chef...
Klara and the Sun
This book is one of the most anticipated of 2021, not only because it was written by the Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature...
White Noise
It’s been a year since we collectively emptied store shelves and ran ourselves into product shortages, so when I read Don DeLillo’s words on super
A Room of One’s Own
In the light of the upcoming celebration of International Women’s Day on the 8th of March, it seemed appropriate to choose a text this week that con
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Who wouldn’t agree with the title of this short story - a good man is hard to find indeed - and so is good company for dinner! But you’ve left it