as a ‘writer’, i oftentimes read my work and feel as if it was written by someone else. of course, my biases seep in (in editing, especially), but if i fully connect, the experience is that of it being written through me, and not by me. i understand the invocation of the muses...
Halloween was once known as “Nutcrack Night” in England—a time when the family gathered around the hearth to enjoy cider, nuts, and apples. The Irish used hollowed-out, candlelit turnips carved with a demon’s face to frighten away spirits. The name “Jack-O’-Lantern” comes from ...
From 1985’s Time Stood Still, Gosdin chronicles the life of a female barfly who’s got no interest in a husband or family, instead finding herself night after night at the nearest dark, loud and smoky pub. Which wouldn’t be so bad, if she wasn’t 13. Kidding!, Family was obviousl...
During the previous century, when the court was based in Nara, the two earliest chronicles of Japan were written, the Kojiki (712) and the Nihonshoki (720). Like other ancient national chronicles, both draw on much older sources, but, like the Kojiki and Nihonshoki themselves, those ...