Gregory Maguire’s novel Wicked retold the story of the Wizard of Oz from the point of the view of the Wicked Witch of the West. Now for Christmas, Maquire is tackling Hans Christen Anderson’s downbeat story The Litttle Match Girl from the point of view of the match. OK, he’s not really making the match … Continue reading Got a Light?

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Our friends at Rain Taxi Review of Books are holding an online auction to raise money for their excellent literary review. You can buy some wonderful rare and signed books and ephemera by John Ashberry, Patricia Hampl, Robert Bly, Sherman Alexie, Paul Auster, Ted Kooser, and Jonathan Lethem and support the best literary criticism in … Continue reading Going Once…