…avoid now the mistakes for which you would later curse yourself. Modern sexuality is uniquely shaped by a dual dynamic: physical capacity arrives at younger ages than ever before spawning tension with a delayed social and economic... Read More

…gaze long into an abyss the abyss gazes also into thee. — Friedrich Nietzsche Beyond Good and Evil (1886) In the older declining Midwestern community of Littlefall an apartment building performs the same end function as a hospice... Read More

“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.” — Peter Drucker (1909-2005) "Maximizing Me" is concerned with the controllable causes of short-circuiting careers and personal lives. It counsels... Read More

"In Search of Small Gods" is filled with what is most loved about Harrison’s work….nods to pure attentiveness. When he rises Harrison bows to the cardinal directions and to the vertical in order to place himself on the earth. These... Read More

The stories of "Unlucky Lucky Days" are the kind grown-up readers have probably forgotten how to enjoy. Part fable, part creation myth, these seventy-three whimsical tales by Daniel Grandbois are bedtime stories at their best. Grandbois... Read More

In this volume, the author adds a new name to the catalogue of women immortalized in poetry. In response to Homer’s Helen and Shakespeare’s wired-haired mistress, Allen offers Suzi, a debt-riddled coed whose beauty elates and... Read More

Mandarin Matches. The roster of exceptional pairings, from Fred and Ginger to peanut butter and chocolate, shouldn’t make such a fuss over the relationship between wine and food. Clever chefs and sommeliers know that adding a... Read More

The artists in the venerable anthology series, World War 3 Illustrated, now approaching its third decade of more-or-less annual production, have been toying with this form longer than any other comic artists’ school in the US. They... Read More