I've been watching a bunch of vampire films lately, for a project that Sarah's doing for work. We watched the Korean melodrama  Thir...

Fred Allen, " The Life and Death of Vaudeville " (1956) from The American Stage: Writing on Theater from Washington Irving to Tony...

H. P. Lovecraft, " The Music of Erich Zann " (1922) from H. P. Lovecraft: Tales : On one hand, "The Music of Erich Zann...

Henry James, " A Problem " (1868) from Henry James: Complete Stories 1864–1874 : Today, when Henry James is considered "The...

November is National Novel Writing Month, which is something I have very mixed feelings about: Do we need more people writing novels? W...

George Catlin, " 'There is no end to the amusements of Paris' " (1848) from Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology : H...

John Muir, " Hetch Hetchy Valley " (1912) from John Muir: Nature Writings : Sometimes the story of conservation reminds me of t...

Mark Twain, " Jim Baker’s Blue-Jay Yarn " (1880) from Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad, Following the Equator, Other Travels : As some...

Mark Twain, " Queen Victoria’s Jubilee " (1897) from Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad, Following the Equator, Other Travels : Even whe...

The Brass Teapot had a fun trailer, so when it came up on Netflix, I used it as my exercise movie for a while. (Choosing an exercise movie i...

Howard Zinn, " Finishing School for Pickets " (1960) from Reporting Civil Rights: American Journalism 1941–1963 : Howard Zinn, h...

John Dos Passos, " Views of Washington " (1934) from John Dos Passos: Travel Books & Other Writings 1916–1941 : John Dos Pas...

Celia Thaxter, " A Memorable Murder " (1875) from True Crime: An American Anthology : Two years after the "Memorable Murder...