Alice Roosevelt Longworth was America’s most famous, rambunctious and press-baiting first daughter.

No writer in Europe today has dealt more eloquently with the obligations and moral conundrums of memory than the Hungarian novelist...

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Antares emailed me some very welcome news this morning. He has started another blog where he is pasting up material from his previous (and now out of print) book Adoi! A ...

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Talking (as I was the other day) about the need to encourage women's voices in writing ...... it was really good to read in the Star about the Writers for Women’s Rights ...

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I am facing up to the sad fact that a significant number of my most cherished books from my teens are now falling apart and in no co...

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A Carpathian Reunion … With her erotically charged Carpathian tales, Christine has enthralled a legion of fans, who have been ...

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Yesterday I was vaccinated against many diseases. It seems, though, that my super powers of immunity are coming at a bit of a price. If...

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The Literary Saloon reviews Vibrator by Mari Akasaka (or Akasaka Mari, if you prefer). We'll have a review of this book in the wint...

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