Public Displays of Affection

Wounded (Graywolf Press, 1995) is the second novel I've read by Percival Everett; the first was Erasure (University Press of New England, 2001). Erasure had caught my eye in the library: it's about an African-American novelist who usually writes highly abstruse fiction, but after being offended by what he considers a stereotype-reinforcing novel of urban black life by a young woman whose

Public Displays of Affection

Wounded (Graywolf Press, 1995) is the second novel I've read by Percival Everett; the first was Erasure (University Press of New England, 2001). Erasure had caught my eye in the library: it's about an African-American novelist who usually writes highly abstruse fiction, but after being offended by what he considers a stereotype-reinforcing novel of urban black life by a young woman whose

Maybe This Is The Right Day For This After All

I was going to sit out today -- holidays are not a priority of mine (except when I get the day off), and April Fool's is about as low on the list as they get. But then I realized how perfect this clip (a tip of the shot glass to Sideshow for the link) is for this day of all days. Susan Jacoby might want to consider switching from bloody marys.And there's a slight, serious P.S. to yesterday's

Maybe This Is The Right Day For This After All

I was going to sit out today -- holidays are not a priority of mine (except when I get the day off), and April Fool's is about as low on the list as they get. But then I realized how perfect this clip (a tip of the shot glass to Sideshow for the link) is for this day of all days. Susan Jacoby might want to consider switching from bloody marys.And there's a slight, serious P.S. to yesterday's