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Greg Pardlo - Greg Pardlo submitted “Digest,” his slim book of poems, to the major publishers. All rejected it. He sent it to Four Way Books, which is, like the poet, literary and
Gretl Claggett on So Much Pretty: ‘Why are we women so…nice about violence?’ - I was sufficiently disturbed by So Much Pretty to call the author before I wrote about it. Days after I published my review/interview, I still felt incomplete. Then it came
Grief - In 1978, Andrew Holleran published his first novel, Dancer from the Dance. It was a breakthrough book, the first novel to get inside the male gay fascination with
Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America - One reason we don’t discuss politics here is that I have trouble seeing much difference between America’s two political parties. Oh, I know that one has less respect for women
Guy de Maupassant: Alien Hearts - “No iron can strike the heart with as much force as a period in exactly the right place.” Isaac Babel wrote that. The sentence appears in a short story called “Guy
Guy de Maupassant: Bel-Ami - George --- the kind of handsome guy from the country who, for lack of a better thing to do, joins the Army --- finshes his military service without a prospect in the world. He
Half An Hour From Paris: 10 Secret Daytrips by Train - It may not strike first-time visitors to Paris, but one of the world’s most civilized cities is also a theme park. Parisland, I call it. And not with derision. For
Half-Blood Blues - Guest Butler Pam Purves is a strategic marketing and communications consultant whose practice includes national and international clients in the public policy, health care, business and financial services sectors. In
Hannah Arendt: A Life in Dark Times - We all know one fact about Hannah Arendt: In her book about Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi SS officer who helped to carry out Hitler’s “Final Solution,” she used the phrase
Hannibal Rising - In “The Silence of the Lambs,” Hannibal Lecter tells Clarice Starling, “Nothing happened to me. I happened. You can't reduce me to a set of influences.” We have every reason to
Happier - Happier: Learn the Secrets
Harper Lee: “Go Set a Watchman” and “To Kill a Mockingbird” - Atticus Finch killed a mockingbird. “Do you want Negroes by the carload in our schools and churches and theaters?” he asks in “Go Set a Watchman.” “Do you want them
Harry Clarke - "Harry Clarke" was the best play I saw in 2017. It came back briefly in 2018. And is now gone. Forever. [Do not despair. There's an audiobook. It costs
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - When I met Eric Stirpe, he was 10 years old and I was....considerably older. But I listened with great interest as Eric talked about a book he'd just read: "Harry
Head Butler Garden Supply: How to grow more vegetables with less work and more pleasure. - SUPPORTING BUTLER: Since the start of 2023, Amazon seems to have gone on a quiet campaign to rid itself of small sites that, collectively, generate revenue worth noticing — and
HeadButler.com: The 100 Essentials - A book? It was time. Also probably time for a coffee mug and a t-shirt. What stops me? I just can’t imagine running into someone on the street wearing my
Healing through Exercise: Scientifically-Proven Ways to Prevent and Overcome Illness and Lengthen Your Life - In the forest, sick animals hide and rest until they’re better. That is perhaps the origin of “bed rest” as a cure for sick people. If so, that’s inspired a
Health, Healing, and Beyond - Guest Butler Jeffrey Rubin --- psychotherapist, meditation teacher, writer, and, on more than one occasion, spiritual compass for this website --- is the author of The Art of Flourishing. He
Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being - Andrew Weil is America's best-known revolutionary. You know him as a doctor --- a pioneer in what he calls Integrative Medicine --- who gets around in the very best media
