The Oz Mix

 " . . . some rare authors, such as Dante and Chaucer, share Virgil's comprehensive vision and arrive at the richest idea of the de...

 "On the one hand, one would be a fool to think that reading a book about magical initiation is sufficient to constitute initiation. On...

It seems advantageous to keep one's mood and spirits up as one navigates through cancer treatment . This can often prove difficult depen...

This excellent biography by John Szwed, published in 2023, documents the life of one of the XXth Century's most interesting, intelligent...

  The Scarlet Letter  by Nathaniel Hawthorne appears an example of enlightened writing. Its vivid descriptions, powerful observations and at...

Herman Melville James Joyce Two classics of literature separated in time by nearly 90 years. Very different in their style of writing, yet s...