Eric's Hangout

It appears that I have read this novel out of order.  The Box Garden was Carol Shields's 2nd novel, but shares several characters with S...

I think there are essentially two ways of generating a bucket list of books, both equally valid.  First, what are the books I would really l...

Given that I am not in the business of hawking controversy to get views (not that I don't have a few posts that are pretty controversial...

I just wrapped up Edmund White's short story collection Skinned Alive.  I'd say there is a distinct disadvantage in being a bit of a...

It's somewhat odd that the past two Mondays have been so dreadful, weather-wise.  Two weeks ago, it was starting to rain and the tempera...

It looks like I am on track for the fewest posts since 2012!  I may pick up the pace a bit this summer, but it is hard to say.  I've rem...

This won't be about the slow resurgence of theatre and live music, but rather about listing some interesting books and DVDs that have be...