This has already been another banner year for stating the obvious about fiction. The theme of this year seems to be, sometimes characters think and say bad things. And masturbate.… Read more »

Women face a deeply double pressure to please, to be likable—to be made of suger, spice, and everything nice. In the world of fiction, that pressure falls on their characters.… Read more »

In John Self’s latest missive in the Guardian, he discusses the idea of “an easy read,” which is defined as a book that is “not too hard going.” But what… 2 / Read more »