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September 2007

Tales—short, long, folk, fairy, and fierce.

Sunday, September 30, 2007



“It was a long time since Mrs. Summers had been fitted with gloves…now, she raised her elbow on the cushion of the glove counter, and a pretty, delicate creature…drew a long-wristed kid over Mrs. Summers’ hand. –Kate Chopin, “A Pair of Silk Stockings.”
Fairy and folk tales are paired with a moment of retail therapy and a chilling encounter at an airport by the inimitable David Mamet.


Hits and misses in baseball and life.

Sunday, September 23, 2007

As a young man, I saw myself diving to the left, graceful as a toppling tree, field high grounders like a cat leaping for butterflies...” –W.P. Kinsella, “The Thrill of the Grass.”

Poems, stories, and memoirs celebrate the national pastime.


Turning points in several lives.

Sunday, September 16, 2007

“Westhall’s informal talks on “the new ethic” had drawn about him an eager following of the mentally unemployed.” –Edith Wharton, “The Reckoning.”

Making one’s way in literary circles, and deep waters.


Perilous Memories

Sunday, September 09, 2007

The bugle, whenever I have heard it since, has always seemed to me the very golden throat of boyhood. -- Willa Cather, "The Namesake".
A disastrous country weekend, and a strange journey through family history.


Finding what was lost.

Sunday, September 02, 2007


“He went home to his tiny room, and thought about the word, “lonely,” and how it sounded and looked so—lonely. -- Aimee Bender, "Loser"