2025 Reading–January

The Vegetarian by Han Kang. I was asked to moderate a discussion of this book in February, so I needed to reread it. It…

Happy New Year!

Welcome to the Year of the Snake I have never put any faith in Western astrology, and I couldn’t tell you any of the…

The Art of Storytelling

Point of View Revisited Auditor and Narrator: The Magic Kingdom by Russell Banks Not long ago, I wrote in this space about Ann Patchett’s…

Out with the old . . .

And in with the new! Happy New Year! I know I’ve been quiet for a while, but here I am with a year-end report…

2024 Reading–November and December

Knife: Meditations after an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie was my book club’s selection for November. The memoir is a gripping account of the…

2025 Literary Magazine Ranking–Poetry

Below is the 2025 Literary Magazine Ranking for Poetry. To understand the Rationale, Methodology, and Calculation for the Rankings, please go here. Note that every effort…

2025 Literary Magazine Ranking–Nonfiction

Below is the 2025 Literary Magazine Ranking for Nonfiction. To understand the Rationale, Methodology, and Calculation for the Rankings, please go here. Note that every effort…

2025 Literary Magazine Ranking–Fiction

Below is the 2025 Literary Magazine Ranking for Fiction. To understand the Rationale, Methodology, and Calculation for the Rankings, please go here. Note that every effort…

2025 Literary Magazine Rankings–Overview

It is time again for the annual Literary Magazine Rankings for Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. As explained in more detail below, these rankings are…

2024 Reading — October

It was a busy month and I got shockingly little reading done, but these are three significant books. North Woods by Daniel Mason was…