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July 2009

Strange But True: Aimee Bender and Etgar Keret

Sunday, July 26, 2009

"The five crying men stand at the fence, crying. 'Look at the sad, large rage of the doomed men,' they think. 'Who knew that a cow was so beautiful? Why was I not a farmer? Why not a field hand? Why an office building?.'" – Aimee Bender, “Deathwatch.”
The strange worlds of two contemporary authors.


Paws and Claws

Sunday, July 19, 2009

“I remember how disorienting it was to look down and see two square-toes shoes instead of my own four feet…Keep your mouth shut…keep your shows on your feet. Mouth shut. Shoes on feet. Do not chew on your new penny loafers. Do not." – Karen Russell, “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves.”
Two tales about finding—or losing--your inner beast.


Memories that Define Us

Sunday, July 12, 2009



“Night on the reservation is like night nowhere else. They say flying saucers visit the Sioux lands—flying saucers and ghosts. When you’re out there, there’s a blackness that’s deeper than black…anything could happen." – Luis Alberto Urrea , “Bid Farewell to Her Many Horses,”
One man’s longing for the foods of his native land; another’s abiding love for a lost wife.


You Just Don’t Understand: An Edith Wharton Celebration

Sunday, July 05, 2009

"’You always hated, you know, to have things—happen’, she added incoherently. ‘You never would let them.’" – Edith Wharton , “The Dilettante,”
Two intricate tales of love and emotional manipulation by American master Edith Wharton.