Fear of Flying (1973)

November 4, 2015

If semi-autobiographical confessions with explicit sexual content are no longer shocking, it is in large part thanks to Philip Roth and …

Sword Dance 3: The Olive Grove of Academe

March 23, 2015

The relationship between a scholar’s subject matter and his or her personal life interests me. Some of my colleagues in grad …

February 3, 2014

The cover of my DVD shows a confident Ralph Fiennes facing the viewer with a playing card in his hand, …

December 27, 2013

A friend gave me Aunt Epp’s Guide for Life, extracts from the commonplace book of one very unconventional Victorian/Edwardian lady. …