Category Archives: nonfiction

Review: In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Posted on March 23, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado’s engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc … Continue reading →

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Review: Carson McCullers: A Life by Mary V Dearborn

Posted on March 16, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The first major biography in more than twenty years of one of America’s greatest writers, based on newly available letters and journals V. S. Pritchett called her “a genius.” Gore Vidal described her as … Continue reading →

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Review: Moving the Moon: A Night at the Acropolis Museum by Andrea Marcolongo

Posted on September 27, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From one of Europe’s most original and brilliant classicists, an inspiring and deeply personal reflection on loss, memory, and what we owe the past and others, inspired by a night spent in Athens’ Acropolis … Continue reading →

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Review: The Art of Running: Learning to Run Like a Greek by Andrea Marcolongo

Posted on April 27, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The inspiring story of how one of Europe’s most original and compelling classicist learned to run—and live—like a Greek  Much has changed since the day in 490 BCE when the indefatigable Athenian herald Philippides … Continue reading →

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Essay 002: Kurt Cobain

Posted on April 8, 2024 by ghostvillehero

This past week was the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Kurt Cobain. Many people who were closer to him and/or more insightful than me have written many articles about him. This is only my experience this week. I pulled … Continue reading →

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Review: There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

Posted on April 2, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America While Hanif Abdurraqib is an acclaimed author, a … Continue reading →

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Essay 001: Numbers

Posted on March 28, 2024 by ghostvillehero

I enjoy numbers in a casual way. My Garmin watch tells me that I average 9,761 steps every day and that my resting heart rate is 55 (I do know this heart rate is not completely accurate because it is … Continue reading →

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