Short Takes
Brief observations about books—IKE’s and others—with occasional commentary on the world around me.
Preservation
After seventy years of successful preservation, Lenin’s body is deteriorating faster than the morticians and biochemical scientists can manage.
I Am Tom Waits!
“If you want to read a story version of Being John Malkovich transferred to the mind of Mr. Waits, here you go, minus the scheming plot.”—The Florida Review (Online)