Deborah YaffeFeb 27Matilda's reading listEarlier this month, the Telegraph reported that, in reissuing books by the beloved-but-controversial children’s writer Roald Dahl, his...
Deborah YaffeFeb 23Heavenly visionsFrom time to time, my Google alert brings me word of Janeites I’ll never get to meet--fellow travelers who have passed on, leaving behind...
Deborah YaffeFeb 20Recommended readingIn a world with so many books and so little time, reading recommendations--from critics, bloggers, celebrity talk-show hosts,...
Deborah YaffeFeb 16Speaking well enough to be unintelligibleA few weeks ago, the British press was suddenly awash in articles (for example, here, here and here) about the new! exciting! previously...
Deborah YaffeFeb 13TriggeredIn my junior year of college, the assigned reading for my women’s studies class included Gloria Naylor’s 1982 novel The Women of Brewster...
Deborah YaffeFeb 9The Cher ManifestoWhen Karl Marx wrote about the decadence of capitalism, he may have been imagining something like our current moment, in which a slew of...
Deborah YaffeFeb 6Hey, cupcakeLast month, noting the pending release of a Pride and Prejudice screen update entitled Townhouse Confidential, I reported, “My...
Deborah YaffeFeb 2A decade onTen years ago this weekend, I published my first blog post—the first of many, as it turned out. (Today’s entry is #1,049, if you’re...