My favorite passage from Horatio Alger’s 1867 novel “Ragged Dick”
“I like the name of Dick,” said the young lady, with charming frankness…
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Literature on Overthinking It
A review of the novel Jack Nicholson writes in The Shining
Is this masterpiece the greatest literary work of all time?
Cthulhu’s Greatest Mystery
What is Cthulhu, really? Why are the Great Old Ones here on Earth, and what are their plans? These are some of the great mysteries that have been haunting us since H.P. Lovecraft first introduced his Cthulhu mythos in the … Continued
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John Philip Sousa, novelist
First of all, if you ever intended to sit down on a beach somewhere and enjoy John Philip Sousa’s 1902 novel The Fifth String, stop reading now. This is going to be a spoiler-heavy review. (If you do want to … Continued
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Best of the Blogs: The Harvard Classics Project
The Harvard Classics Project is a very Overthinking It-type enterprise, in that it combines high culture and pop culture. On the high culture side is The Harvard Classics. In the first decade of the 20th century, Harvard President Charles Eliot … Continued
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The Unoriginal Writer’s Daughter
As a new blogger, mostly, what I’m worried about is picking the right subject. What is a female blogger to write about? Other media have rules for us womens, and I’m kind of lost without them. If I were setting … Continued
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