Jay Gaulard

The title of this post may be a bit misleading because I haven’t got a clue as to how to deal with something like this. Writer’s block, that is. I do have a few tips though, but they may not be very good. I’ll discuss them toward the end of this post. I have been […]

I love a good short story with punch. This is one of them. For years, I’ve preached the benefits of being well read. “It’s much more than knowing literature,” I’d say. “It’s knowing where you are in the world.” They would always argue against me. They would – especially the blue collared fathers of son’s […]

I’m not quite sure where to begin this review. Let me first begin by saying that an author has no duty to entertain his audience. I suppose the only duty an author has is to himself, and if someone was to read a piece by that author and not enjoy it, then that person would […]

When wading through fits of literature, I think it beneficial to remind ourselves of why we are where we are and how we got where we “got.” I’m sure each of us have reasons for a great many thing, but I’m also sure that we can at least agree on our reading as a vessel […]

I wanted to make a quick mention of something I find simply fascinating. In my previous post, I referred to “W. Somerset Maugham” as the editor of the revised translation of “The Brothers Karamazov” by Fyodor Dostoevsky. What took me aback was that W. Somerset Maugham is also the author of the fable described in […]