John Wiswell on the Web

A funny thing happened in Alice Walker's The Color Purple . While I have trouble reading it sometimes, I can hear it perfectly. It's...

Everybody wants to be a writer and they should. Go to any bookstore and read the names. Stephanie Meyer. J.K. Rowling. The Da Vinci Code ...

I’m nearly finished with Middlemarch , and it feels like I’ve been cheating in my 900-page climb. You see, my grandmother had a serious...

Recently on Facebook there’s been a game to “ Name fifteen books you've read that will always stick with you.  List the first fifteen ...