Pete Dexter: “You Have to be Hurt to See Anything at All”

by Rob Jacklosky

Dexter’s novels are not all violence and stoicism; they are also funny. My own introduction to Dexter was the delightful Spooner. Continue reading →

Your Own Private Mark Twain

by Jon Clinch

Mark Twain was, above all else, a human being engaged in the struggles of a full human life—and he presented himself on the page with all of the complexity and all of the contradiction that unfiltered humanity brings with it. Continue reading →