The Importance of Reading Phillip Ernest

Phillip Ernest has written two extraordinary and unique novels that have few comparisons in literature. Kenneth Radu explores the both real and imagined horrors found in The Vetala and The Far Himalaya.

The Finder and Other Mythical, Sex-related Superpowers, part II, by Jennifer Quist

Maybe I will go easier on my sons the next time they can’t find something — but only if it’s something green.

Linnet, as in Linnet Muir, by Linda Leith

To begin at the end, here is a coda to the talk I gave today at the Atwater Library in Montreal on Mavis Gallant.

Mavis Gallant at The Standard, Montreal

The Painter’s Lover, reviewed by Zoran Minderovic

Eva Gonzalès, by Édouard Manet

In The Painter’s Lover, recently translated into French by Ellen Sowchek and Annie Heminway, Eduardo Manet tells the fabulous story of his grandmother Eva Gonzalès, a brilliant painter who was also Édouard Manet’s pupil, lover, and muse. Art lovers, take note!