The cat needs no introduction. These magnificent creatures who are well-deserving of the lifetime of retirement that we provide for them are sometimes TV watching companions, other times they are alarm...

Have you ever noticed that all volley sports sustain the volley by an active effort to cancel it out? This interesting sensible system is at the center of this archipelago of sixteen essays exploring...

Sometimes it all makes sense, it all falls into a shelving system, with spaces, and categories, and easy places to put things. Life lines up. And then it doesn't. Sometimes something happens to create...

How are fiction writers supposed to understand the behind-the-scenes mechanics of constructing stories? What is the language for the blueprint for a novel? Classic terms like plot, conflict, setting,...

The essayist deals in the art of ideas and language subtleties. The essayist is an artist who needs guidance with complexity, and suggestions with nuance. The essayist needs room to flourish. This book...