Words I have had to look up while reading “The Complete Fiction Of W.M. Spackman”
"pibroch" "oestrus" "manumission" "meiosis" "gerent" "ullaged"
Glenn KennyMay 24, 2012
Literary interlude
An English Catholic painter came to paint the Pope's portrait. Hadrian knew him for a…
Glenn KennyApril 22, 2012
Literary interlude
Literary men now routinely tell their readers about their divorces. In newspapers. In columns in…
Glenn KennyApril 9, 2012
Literary interlude
ERASMUS DARWIN (1731-1802) Erasmus Darwin, M.B., grandfather and to some extent precursor of the more…
Glenn KennyMarch 25, 2012
Unaware of the fact or fiction section of the Watford Public Library
I feel a little bit bad for Mike Daisey. Slightly on a personal level, mainly…
Glenn KennyMarch 20, 2012