LETTERS OF JAMES JOYCE, VOLUMES II AND III. Edited by Richard Ellmann. 1,056 pages. Viking. $25 for the pair. It is doubtful that a man can be known from his letters alone, but in the case of James ...

In Faith Van Zanten's immaculate house in a Venice mobile home park, there are some old framed photos of two girls so identical you wouldn't be able to tell them apart unless you knew that one had a ...

I don’t know about you, but I could use more simplicity in my life. How convenient then that today happens to be National Simplicity Day. Whether it’s too much stuff, too much information, or too many ...

Mannu Bhandari is a fiction writer whose writings captivate you because of their transparent simplicity, not because of their dazzling brilliance. In her short stories, plays and novels, she does not ...

This book is not meant for me. This, I admit openly and readily. This book is meant for readers of modern fantasy (who are legion, it seems: in the week of writing this review in early August, three ...