Rants and mutterings

The pathetic state of the universe:
my spell check recognizes tupperware; it does not recognize Nabokov.

• Why I don't review bad books
• Why shop independent?
• Kids shouldn't read classics
• Translate This New!
• Why are the Man Booker finalists always better that the winner?
• Don't make me tell you twice, or three times, or four: The seemingly pandemic fear of short stories