“Spain In Our Hearts” by Adam Hochschild
The Spanish Civil war, from July 17, 1936 to April 1, 1939, cost some half a million Spanish lives; another half …
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Insults: First As A Wall then as a Weapon
I put aside ten years of political blogging early this year to focus on long deferred writing projects. The hours …
Not So Quiet On the Western Front, A Woman Looks at WW I
Helen Zenna Smith, who wrote one of the most powerful witnesses to war I’ve ever read, was the pseudonym of …
For the Unknown Enemy, a Poem by William Stafford
For the Unknown Enemy This monument is for the unknown good in our enemies. Like a picture their life began …
“Like Family” by Paolo Giordano, New from Italy
Paolo Giordano, an Italian particle physicist and author of several acclaimed novels treats us to his latest, in Anne Milano …
“The Human Body” by Paolo Giordano, Italian Soldiers in Afghanistan
Paolo Giordano’s The Human Body comes with encomiums such as ” a stunning exploration of war,” “a great novel of …
“Honeydew” — Short Fiction by Edith Pearlman
Some writers are masters of the short story, others won’t touch them with a ten-foot pen; some readers graze on them …
“Eyes Full of Empty” — Jérémie Guez, in Noirish Paris
If walking the dark streets of Paris, mayhem around every corner, learning skulduggery from residents of the banlieues, is your idea …
“The Dream of My Return” by Horacio Castellanos Moya: Droll Paranoia from El Salvador
Horacio Castellanos Moya was born in Honduras (1957), grew up in El Salvador, went into exile in Mexico and now teaches …