At the beginning of her work on revitalizing the self, Gibson writes, “There is nothing you can do about what interests you or energizes you. It is simply who you are. Trying to change this, not accepting this, will always result in a... Read More

Weaver’s blue-collar background still shows in some of his poems. He spent fifteen years working in a factory before returning to college, eventually earning a M.F.A. and holding an endowed chair at Simmons College. When he writes of... Read More

Evil creatures of the night—abominations of legends long ago—have already swept across Tzardia at the head of immortal Hezra-Thrall’s army, maiming and killing all in their path, and are beginning to creep into neighboring Neffrom... Read More

When Clyde Miller asked Heather Ross to marry him in 1960, he also asked her if she would be able to live with him in the secluded woods of one of North Carolina’s state parks. Miller was a park ranger who went where the job took him.... Read More

During the Civil War, the Union Army held approximately 80,000 court-martials, at least 249 involving medical personnel. In Tarnished Scalpels, Lowry and Welsh concentrate on the court-martials of fifty Union surgeons who had been... Read More

In the 1940s and 1950s, Latin America embraced the avant-garde modern movement. In their desire to belong to the contemporary world, leaders in Latin America adopted European symptoms of modernity, especially in its architecture. Latin... Read More

Women over the past thirty years have had a determination not to be like their mothers or any other woman of the past. Instead the focus has been on a successful career, financial independence and a family. Many women have struggled with... Read More

The publishing tale of how Buten’s graceful and bril- liant novel about an autistic young boy is nearly as interesting as the book itself. First published in 1981, the novel received critical acclaim but languished in the blurry region... Read More