I Am My Own Wife

England experienced what I’ve referred to as a “crisis of marriage” starting around the mid-eighteenth century with Lord Hardwicke’s Marriag...

This is the Ritz-Carleton Hotel in Philadelphia, the site of one of my MLA interviews. There were six interviewers, including the chair of t...

Both definitions of fugue were in full force on Christmas night as I was packing suit variations for the Modern Language Association's ...

These are my grandmother's favorite Christmas cookies. A basic butter cookie with an orange-honey glaze, the dough is very pleasing to ...

Um... WHAT is happening here? I innocently enter one of those Hudson Booksellers shops in the airport (um, Fresno? Sacramento? LAX? can...

I keep forgetting to call my reader's attention to this other blog post that I actually got paid to do . Check out my list of cinematic ...

1. "Julie Powell" was too thin for someone so frequently and loudly lauding butter: if Renee Zellweger can gain weight to become B...