Hello. Christmas has officially come early, as the winter issue of the Quarterly Conversation is now up and so excited and running down the stairs in its pajama-clad feet. In addition to my review of Sam Lipsyte’s latest novel The Ask, the issue is a stuffed-stocking of reviews and essays. It includes essays on Pynchon’s [...]

Hello, hello, hello. I am pleased to report that my review of Sam Lipsyte’s newest novel The Ask is now online at the Quarterly Conversation. Please link right on over there and read it. However, if you are pressed for time now that we are in this Holiday Season, I offer you the abbreviated version [...]