The Abiding Voice of Toni Morrison By Lisa Zeiger, WTP Guest Writer “You hear the voice of the dead. They’re still talking and they want to be heard. And that, to me, is irresistibly interesting.” —Gore Vidal, on essays, from a BBC interview with Melvyn Bragg, c. 2008 Whenever I read an author I particularly…
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Paul Bowles and Covid-19
On Paul Bowles: Living the End By WTP Guest Writer Lisa Zeiger “One of these days the future will be here, and you won’t be ready for it.” ― Paul Bowles, The Spider’s House I have wanted to write about Paul Bowles for a long time, and because he is a writer who explores endings,…
A Novel as Riddle
Book Review: Sleepless Night By Lisa Zeiger, WTP Guest Writer SLEEPLESS NIGHT By Margriet de Moor, translated from the Dutch by David Doherty (New Vessel Press, 2019, $15.95, ISBN 9781939931696). Margriet de Moor’s novel, Sleepless Night, has triggered my relapse. When I say I used to read novels, I mean it in the way Proust…