Eric's Hangout

I've always had a fondness for this phrase "Big in Japan," which sort of encapsulates how the Japanese seem to care more about...

Is "minor poets" an oxymoron?  Actually, that's not right.  Instead, I should ask isn't it redundant.  How many poets are ...

Based on very preliminary analysis, it seems that the fiction, poetry and drama (on the shelves) will come out to roughly 850 distinct works...

Saw a semi-interesting column on abandoning books on the Guardian today.  Original post is here .  I think it might have been better had the...

It's interesting (to me at least) how certain authors start bubbling back up in my mind, putting claims on my time.  While I have a fair...

So I have managed to get through Anna Karenina for the first time (not that long actually after reading Madame Bovary for the first time)....

The title is actually a bit of a spoof of a series that has been appearing in Slate.com of late. They claim that they have the only ...