Between the first time I saw a balladeer and the 25th time, last sunday, twelve years, four months and ten days have passed. That first time, they were a band, opening for Stevie Ann in the now-defunct De Kelder in Amersfoort, just after “Swim With Sam” was all over the radio. Now, it is just… Read more »
Monthly Archives: October 2018
First Lines: Lincoln in the Bardo
Where Ibid: A Life did not quite convince me with the execution of the story, it did prepare for what turned out to be one of the more interesting books I’ve read this year: George Saunders’s Lincoln in the Bardo. It is 1862, and Willie Lincoln has died. His grief-stricken father, the president, returns to… Read more »