As I walked down the sidewalk of downtown Bethesda today, I noticed the darkened Barnes & Nobles. The behemoth keystone to the community of shops, restaurants, and cinemas fell. It startled me. It was a place I always stepped into to go and smell the roses. Now admittedly I’m more of an indie bookstore and […]
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The Last Mayor’s Son is an oddly addictive read. It flows easily and is well paced with characters that are rich with emotion and subtext. The world building is interesting, especially beautiful is the interweaving of how the wood of the setting’s Treebound village is cured, treated, and used in all its form and function. […]
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A prevailing wind that many authors and artists must navigate these days is the notion that they should shut up and entertain… that art should not be political or delve into sociological concerns. In wrestling with this, I think about the popularity of the Little Rascals and Shirley Temple during the Great Depression. The need […]
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