If someone at The New York Times actually read The City and the Pillar in 1948, their review did little to prove it.
Posts by Lindy Wheatley:
Oh, the absurdity!
In between philosophical dilemmas? The Stranger will provide.
The Illinois Marathon Thinks You’re Cute
Can’t run to save your life? Don’t worry, you can still be involved in the Illinois Marathon on April 11.
Review: One Hundred Years of Solitude
Wheatley’s bi-weekly classic book review takes a look back at Gabriel García Márquez’ One Hundred Years of Solitude, which contains some confusing consanguinity.
Banned Books Unite!
After parental complaints, Champaign’s Unit 4 School District recently compromised on allowing the reading of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner in its sophomore honors English classes. Controversial books are usually the ones most worth reading. …
Little House on the Arctic Circle
Foreign film buffs may recall a 1966 black-and-white Norwegian drama named Hunger about a starving writer that talks to his shoes. It won a few awards in Europe, mostly for Best Actor. In 1890, critics …
Loathing in Vienna: A Review of Woodcutters
There are many fifty-dollar words to be learned through reading above your intelligence level. During these times, it pays to have a dictionary close to hand. For example, meretricious means tawdrily attractive, as in, “I …
Review: You Can’t Go Home Again
In order to be liked and admired as a smart-ass, one must put in the time and effort: Step up your vocabulary, read more than one subtitle at a time, pick an author to loathe, …