A look at one of the many recent iterations of Beauty and the Beast caused me to mull the persistence of this myth/fairy tale, how it's been interpreted, and what's going on in today's literary conversation over it ( Read more... )

A rarity, there are two! Both short, and not really about me.

Janni Lee Simner is doing a series on the mid-career writer and that one is my turn. (I think some of us are "mid-career" until they find us dead at our desk.)

When I approached the questions asked in this interview, I was thinking about Judith Tarr's recent post, and about the ( Read more... )

I took a couple weeks' break from the Sunday posts (being doing it for three years), but meantime, What are you reading? is a new BVC meme--what are you reading Wednesdays ( Read more... )

A few of you might occasionally check out the blog posts I make every Sunday at Book View Cafe. Coming up with those is a challenge, at least for me, so I thought I'd put a question to those folks: is there anything you would like to see me talk about?