The Dusty Bookcase

I can't be alone in finding this cover disturbing. Just what is going on? Is this woman terrified or has she lost her mind? Is she...

Having praised Quebec City and its  plaques bleu on Wednesday , I now condemn. And with good reason.  As one may divine, the above – 755, ru...

In the early days of the Dusty Bookcase – more than twelve years ago!  –   I heaped praise  upon London's blue plaques, singling out fav...

The Shadow Arthur Stringer New York: Century, 1913 302 pages Time was when Jim Blake could pass unnoticed through the seedier side of New Yo...

Poetry for this Thanksgiving Day by J.K. Foran, KC, Lit D, LL D., from the posthumously published collection  A Garland: Lectures and Poems ...

The Dustiest Bookcase: Short pieces on books I've always meant to review (but haven't). The Water-Drinker Patrick Slater [John Mitch...

This coming Thursday – September 30 – I'll be speaking on "Forgotten Montreal Novelists" at the Atwater Library. Forgotten Mon...