From Grimm’s Fairy Tales, translated from the German by Margaret Hunt, illustrated by John B. Gruelle (Cupples & Leon, 1914).A review of The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the…

Shortly after my mother died, while napping near an open window of my apartment on Avenue Foch, I felt—or thought I felt—a hand touch mine. It was warm, large, and familiar. Then I heard my mother’s v…

Photo by Zeynel AbidinTurkish writer Elif Shafak conquers the task of crossing both cultures and genders in her latest novel, The Architect’s Apprentice (London: Viking, 2014), in which…

A Review of Ancestral Intelligence, by Vera Schwarcz (Atrium House, 2013)Photo by Eki Ramadhan1Where thought could not be free,Death was a more welc…

Portrait of Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837) by A. Ferrazzi(Casa Leopardi, Recanati, Italy, 1820). Source: Wikipedia.A review of Zibaldone, by Giacomo Leopardi. Ed. Michael Caesar…

When mortals love one anotherthey will live in mutual understanding forever;and many things will succeed,…

A Short Tale of Shame Angel Igov tr. Angela Rodel Open Letter, 2013A Short Tale of Shame is the first full-length novel from Bulgarian short-story writer and critic Angel Igo…