The recent large-scale alterations of Roald Dahl’s texts in the U.K .is a dangerous precedent that deserves our attention. The ill-advised purpose of this particular form of censorship is the same as…
Though I’ve interviewed each coming new year for over a decade, my interview with The Year 2023 was a first. As you may know past years had required me to travel to…
Meet the Council of Wishing Animals. They are the reason I am confident that the 2022 Stocking Stuffer of the Year Award will scrape off the patina of shame which has confounded…
Holiday Book Picks Fiction Night of the Living RezBy Morgan Talty – Publisher: Tin House This collection of linked stories by Morgan Talty is a true tour de force, both a powerful…
It was curiously appropriate that Rick the Rock of Room 214 headlined the return of my favorite annual event, Jammie Night, from its three-year pandemic hiatus. After all, Rick is the story…
When I arrived at the glade for my annual interview with Autumn, she marched right up to me and spoke before I could even greet her. Autumn: I’m enjoying them! Kenny: Them?…
It is a strong year for Back to School picture books. If it were a normal year two charming and clever books, Puppy Bus and Little Yellow Bus, would vie for the…
It would be hard heart indeed which did not love the Iditaread. The time honored reading challenge takes place during the Iditarod each year at the W.G. Mallet and Cape Cod Hill…
As I entered the Glade of Years to interview The Year 2022, I made a startling discovery. Kenny: Greetings, Year 2022. Year 2022: Hello, Kenny. Kenny: Um. I believe we’ve met before.…
We have a number of goals for the 2021 Stocking Stuffer of the Year Awards. Our first objective is to highlight this year’s finest stocking stuffers and to honor their arduous, supply-chain-defying…