THE WALRUS SAID . . . . . . . . . being a bookish blog

And you read your Emily Dickinson And I my Robert Frost And we note our place with book markers That measure what we've lost

David Levine (1926-2009) was one of America’s most prominent illustrators during a career that spanned decades.  No less an authority than J...

They threw me off the hay truck about noon. The Postman Always Rings Twice James M. Cain

John Berryman   (1914)  Zadie Smith   (1975) Anne Tyler   (1941) 

David Levine (1926-2009) was one of America’s most prominent illustrators during a career that spanned decades.  No less an authority than J...

My high school friends have begun to suspect I haven't told them the full story of my life. A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah

Denise Levertov   (1923) Alexandra David-Néel   (1868) Sarah Josepha Hale  (1788) Moss Hart   (1904)  Norman Rush   (1933) ...