Dinah Wherever’s parents died in a tragic automobile accident. More tragic yet is that she’s now in the care of her aunt, Jane Addison, and living at St. Lyman’s School for Boys, which was “renovated into a home” once Jane took... Read More

This erudite review of multiple enactments of gender in the wake of “pomo,” or postmodern, theory is an impressive tour de force. Dedicated to “sexual nonconformists and those who love them,” it argues that the “mutually... Read More

“Tell the truth. A liar needs a good memory,” wrote Roman theoretician Quintilian. Living in the most litigious nation in the world, millions of Americans each year find themselves involved with the judicial system. Nearly anyone can... Read More

The author (who also wrote The Spy Who Never Was and Passport and Parasol) tells the truly amazing story of Alexander Cruden (1699—1770), whose life teetered between fame and fortune and persecution and incarceration. Cruden, born to... Read More

Holy Hoosiers:[/b] All the Amish in Indiana avoid “the tyranny of technological determinism,” but to varying degrees, which signals the differences among the various communities of these adherents to “plain living.” Amish Life... Read More

“If you roll over in bed and you reach out for your wife and your hand goes through her, you’re dead” explains ghost counselor Wally Johnston. Ghosts require counseling, says Johnston, for the same reasons the living do—family... Read More

The author’s youngest son, Joel, thinks he is God. As God, “J” doesn’t need to eat, protect himself from Minnesota winters, or take his prescribed medication. J was diagnosed with schizophrenia in college, and since then, his... Read More

It is difficult to imagine the activity of reading in the post-industrial age without the presence of the novel. The novel as modern readers know it, despite its many forms and distinctive subgenres, remains a direct descendant of the... Read More