"Hill House": Haunted by What Might Have BeenThe great nonsense of cultural relativism has been superseded by personal relativism. Values are now relative to each person. Shirley...
Essays"Hill House": Haunted by What Might Have BeenThe great nonsense of cultural relativism has been superseded by personal relativism. Values are now relative to each person. Shirley...
Marginalia"Rodham": What Might Have BeenIn this edition of Marginalia, Curtis Sittenfeld's novel reimagines Hillary Clinton, the 2016 election, and the nature of fact in...
EssaysWho's Watching Who in "The Virgin Suicides"?Let's talk about the most challenging — to some the most troubling — aspect of Jeffrey Eugenides' The Virgin Suicides. Earlier this year,...
Double TakeThe Double Take: Re-reading "The Virgin Suicides"In the third edition of this series, I re-read Jeffrey Eugenides' 1993 novel, "The Virgin Suicides", and track the decline of suburbia...
Marginalia"So Late in the Day": Escaping FateIn this edition of Marginalia, Claire Keegan's story about the greed that defines misogyny and the generosity that can overcome it. I’m...
MarginaliaA Few Recommendations...I'm on a brief hiatus this week, so I thought I'd share a few things I've read, watched, and listened to in recent weeks that you might...