Category: Review of essay collection

by M. Bijman September 16, 2022

David Sedaris is sad – and no wonder – and so am I

David Sedaris has amused and entertained his readers with his road shows and the collections of his essays, Squirrel SeeksContinue Reading

by M. Bijman August 5, 2022

critiques Discussion of writing style Review of essay collection Review of memoir Review of new book reviewers reviews

TIL: Interesting things about author Hilary Mantel and “Mantel Pieces”

Dame Hilary Mantel, author of the Wolf Hall trilogy, used to be a book reviewer. I did not know that,Continue Reading

by M. Bijman April 26, 2020

Current events Discussion of genre List of similar books List of top books Review of anthology Review of essay collection Review of modern fiction Review of previously published novel

Funny, witty, amusing books for light relief

To alleviate the “morbs” that might have descended on you from reading those books with pandemic and epidemics as themes,Continue Reading

by M. Bijman September 19, 2018

Discussion of writing style Review of essay collection Video

So many superlatives to fit in – Calypso by David Sedaris (a video critique)

The more I think about David Sedaris’ writing, the more I realize I’ve been missing out on a good thingContinue Reading

by M. Bijman August 3, 2018

Best of 2018 Discussion of writing style Humor Humour Review of essay collection

Why would you feed human offcuts to that turtle? Calypso, by David Sedaris

I did not, until now, understand why David Sedaris is regarded as one of the best essayist and satirists writingContinue Reading

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