Quill and Quire

By Susie Tompkins

I get a big kick out of watching home improvement shows. There’s a surreal sense of hosting optimism infused with a healthy dose of magic realism at work. Every project is a series of well-orchestrated, ... Read More »

March 17, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

By Charles Foran

As a travel writer and journalist, Charles Foran is drawn to embattled settings, places where politics and history impinge on the lives of ordinary people. Northern Ireland’s troubles were at the heart of The Last ... Read More »

March 17, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels