From the Book - First Edition.
A lot of exploding heads: on reading the Book of Revelation --
The trouble with following the rules: on "date rape," "victim culture," and personal responsibility --
A lovely chaotic silliness: a review of The Fermata by Nicholson Baker --
Toes 'n hose: a review of From the Tip of the Toes to the Top of the Hose by Elmer Batters, and Nothing But the Girl, edited by Susie Bright and Jill Posener --
Crackpot mystic spirit: a review of Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes by Greil Marcus --
Bitch: a review of Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women by Elizabeth Wurtzel --
Dye hard: a review of Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates --
Mechanical rabbit: a review of Licks of Love by John Updike --
I've seen it all: thoughts on a song by Björk --
And it would not be wonderful to meet a megalosaurus: on Bleak House by Charles Dickens --
Remain in light: on the Talking Heads --
Victims and losers: a love story: thoughts on the movie Secretary --
The bridge: a memoir of Saint Petersburg --
Somebody with a little hammer: on teaching "Gooseberries" by Anton Chekhov --
Enchantment and cruelty: on Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie --
Worshipping the overcoat: an election diary --
This doughty nose: on Norman Mailer's An American Dream and The Armies of Night --
I see their hollowness: a review of Cockroach by Rawi Hage --
Lives of the hags: a review of Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugresic --
Leave the woman alone!: on the never-ending political extramarital scandals --
Master's mind: a review of Agaat by Marlene van Niekerk --
Imaginary light: a song called "Nowhere girl" --
Form over feeling: a review of Out by Natsuo Kirino --
Beg for your life: on the films of Laurel Nakadate --
The cunning of women: on One Thousand and One Nights by Hanan al-Shaykh --
Pictures of Lo: on covering Lolita --
The easiest thing to forget: on Carl Wilson's Let's Talk About Love --
She's supposed to make you sick: a review of Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn --
Icon: on Linda Lovelace --
That running shadow of your voice: on Nabokov's Letters to Véra.