Anecdotal Evidence

The poet W.S. Di Piero introduces Montaigne without mentioning his name: “‘Essay’ has embedded in it ‘assay,’ ‘weighing,’ ‘testing,’ ‘proof...

A reader expresses surprise at my admission that I once read William Gibson’s Neuromancer . “I thought you hated science fiction,” he write...

When we think of ferocious predators among animals we likely think of sharks and grizzly bears, big creatures with teeth. But I remember as ...

At the center of the screen is an acute triangle with a rounded bottom. Its shape resembles the pattern left by wipers on a dirty windshield...

Rare is the poet who can simultaneously think and sing. C.H. Sisson once quoted the French critic Charles Maurras saying, “Reason may convi...

Regardless of her putative subject, Stevie Smith always seems to get around to death. That sounds like a prescription for adolescent morbidi...

We’ve had a damp spring and summer in Houston – thirty-nine inches of rain since the start of the year. No major storms but frequent brief s...