Fiction on the Edge
I’m not saying it’s your duty to get and review Roots Down to Hell. I’m just saying that by engaging with it, and leaving your honest impressions (preferably on Amazon), you are…
Revisiting George Orwell’s Masterpiece
1984 by George Orwell was far more frightening than I remembered it to be. It has been over a decade since I’ve last read it, and much of the themes…
Jack London: A Commie but Not Woke
It’s bizarre, but true: Jack London, literature’s greatest proponent of hardcore survival-of-the-fittest philosophy, was a rabid socialist. What could bring about this anamoly? Was Jack bought off? Did he suffer…
Why ‘The Sun Also Rises’ Is Literary Reality TV, But Still Well Worth Reading
Modern readers sometimes don’t get this novel. I’ll try to explain what the buzz is about. Published in 1926, Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises has been hailed as a…
5 Excellent Non-Woke YA Classics For Boys
The mysterious force of wokeness has infected the YA publishing world in recent years, but non-woke masterpieces from past eras are still there to be enjoyed. These days, you can’t…