The Dusty Bookcase

This past Saturday, I joined a pubfull of people – yes, a pubfull – in downtown Ottawa to celebrate John Metcalf's 85th birthday. It wa...

A follow-up to last week's post on Hot Star . Alvin Schwartz's debut novel,  The Blowtop , was published in 1946 by Dial Press. It f...

Hot Star Robert W. Tracy [Alvin Schwartz] New York: Arco, 1952 179 pages Betty and Bob's honeymoon was a disaster, but don't blame t...