Josh Weston: Part 2 of 2: On Almost Giving Up the Ghost

Click here to read Part 1: On Almost Giving Up the Ghost. In “Silence,” Juliet is the mother of twenty-year old Penelope. Juliet is successful, intelligent, a TV personality of the Charlie Rose variety. “She appears regularly on the Provincial … Continue reading

Josh Weston: Part 1 of 2: On Almost Giving Up the Ghost

[Josh Weston lives and writes in Grand Rapids, MI and is a first-time contributor to Blog Dot Squalorly. —TS] Part 2 of “On Almost Giving Up the Ghost” is now live and can be read here.   The other day, … Continue reading

Jonathan Franzen is Not a ‘Grampaw’

I like to think I learned a thing or two as an undergraduate about writing and reading nonfiction. While I can’t say with the utmost certainty that I’ll remember all of it for the rest of my life, I do … Continue reading