January 2012

British writer Tim Parks lives in Italy, splitting his time between writing, translating, and teaching. Around fifty, he starts experiencing brutal pain in his lower abdomen. Doctors call it prostatitis. Thus begins his descent into chronic pain and the medical maze...

If there's one 18th-century text I genuinely love, it's Laclos's Dangerous Liaisons. The adaptation that hit me hardest remains Stephen Frears' film with Malkovich, Close, and Pfeiffer. So when I heard about a stage production...

Christophe André is a psychiatrist who's written multiple psychology books, several of which sit on my shelves. So I was intrigued to discover he'd been practicing meditation for years. This book became my introduction to mindfulness...

May 2012 treat you well. May it bring you health, happiness, and small wonders that make you stop and stare.