This is the year of Hamilton in the world of musicals, and I’m as obsessed as anyone with the bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman. But I can’t possibly add anything substantial to the wealth of words already published about it. I’m here instead to write about a different musical, one I just … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Book review: The Bonesetter’s Daughter, by Amy Tan
Earlier this year — when I still lived in Houston — I posted a review of Amy Tan’s memoir, in which I expressed a desire to also read The Joy Luck Club and Valley of Amazement. Twice, from two different libraries in two different states, I checked out an audiobook of The Joy Luck Club. Both times … Continue reading
Book review: The Postmistress, by Sarah Blake
I picked this book up completely at random early in November, and started listening to it around the time of the Parisian terrorist attacks. As present-day America fell once again into a fierce debate over refugees and our responsibilities in the world, I listened to the debates of 1940, when even during wartime, we had a … Continue reading
