The Psychopath Test for Novelists
In my review of Patrick Hamilton’s Hangover Square I asserted that the protagonist’s schizophrenia was a literary, not psychological diagnosis. I will admit to a...
Read MoreIn my review of Patrick Hamilton’s Hangover Square I asserted that the protagonist’s schizophrenia was a literary, not psychological diagnosis. I will admit to a...
Read MoreSaturday night my daughter Z and her husband L came to dinner. It was a normal, lovely winter night, colder than most this year, with a high wind and blowing snow kept...
Read MoreA poet friend, Bridget, writes that her boss says she should read William T. Vollman. She wants to know what I think of Vollman. My email back: “I’ve never been...
Read MoreMitt Romney has said in an interview on CNN that he’s not interested in the poor. That’s not surprising, no one is. Certainly not Barak Obama. The fact is the last...
Read More