RIP, Mainstream Publishing. You Hardly Knew Us

It’s been a minute since I wrote a blog post, but I saw this article on a dear friend’s Facebook wall this morning, and rather than rant and rave there, I figured I’d come do it in my own space. Basically, an Emory professor, Dan Sinykin, has written a book called Big Fiction about howContinue reading “RIP, Mainstream Publishing. You Hardly Knew Us”

A Review of Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings by Stephen O’Connor

In this meticulously researched and exquisitely deconstructed narrative, novelist and historian Stephen O’Connor views the life and work of the great American architect of personal liberty through the prism of his relationship with Sally Hemings, a woman he considered his rightful possession. This paradox strikes at the heart of our national identity, and while heContinue reading “A Review of Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings by Stephen O’Connor”