The Black Veil: A Memoir with Digressions , by Rick Moody. Little, Brown and Company, 323 pages, $24.95.
This may not turn out to be the worst book of 2002, but I bet it’s the only contender written by an acclaimed literary novelist, an ambitious writer, skilled and intelligent, who once seemed on the Read More
Demonology , by Rick Moody. Little, Brown, 306 pages, $24.95.
There is a sense in which reading fiction especially short stories, which by definition must cut quickly to the chase is like eavesdropping. It’s eavesdropping with permission, of course; that’s what the binding means. Nevertheless, most stories represent a conversation the author is having with Read More
Joyful Noise , edited by Rick Moody and Darcey Steinke. Little, Brown & Company, 250 pages, $23.95.
“There is no new thing under the sun.” Ecclesiastes supplies the one-shrug answer to the New Testament, and to anyone who thinks he has something fresh to contribute to the mass of biblical commentary. Readers like me, Read More
Affordable Housing or Lack Thereof
