So here’s an idea I’ve been toying with:  I’m one of roughly two million people on earth who speak Slovenian (Sounds like a lot, but th...

We're on vacation until August 6th. Until then, buyer beware:  this  isn’t   the book you’re looking for…

“I want you, Sancho, to think well and to have a good opinion of plays, and to be equally well-disposed toward those who perform them an...

Why is this book getting two reviews? Well, because Parts I and II were originally published as two different novels, ten years apart. A...

“That may be so,” replied Sancho, “but if you pay your debts, you don’t worry about guaranties, and it’s better to have God’s help than...

I have finished Part I of Don Quixote, so I thought it would be a good idea to stop and take stock. You’ve no doubt noticed that the boo...

If you missed the American Masters episode on Margaret Mitchell yesterday, you can still tune in to PBS tonight to catch the one on Phillip ...

I’m a bit of a map freak. I could look at maps all day long. And as you’ve probably noticed by now, placing the fiction I read into its re...

We’ve posted about “literary” fan fiction before - where fans take a classic book and continue or add to the story using their own idea...

Lest you think yesterday’s post was just an excuse to engage in a little literary bathroom humor, we are adding some additional color...

A fantastic passage from the Quixote. In pitch darkness, DQ and Sancho are stopped in their tracks by some ominous sounds that they ...

ShelfActualization ‘blogger emeritus’ Tucker McCann and I will be embarking on a journey through one of the undisputed masterpieces of lite...

Today, I am going to pull a classic first line from a classic book, and to do so, we're digging deeper into history than we ever have fo...