Since my earlier post I found something of interest in a short story anthology edited by a prolific author and editor. An art expert refers repeatedly to the "prominence" of an art work. The error had a certain childlike naïveté to it. But how would the author or editor know that they were...

<t>The ones I can think of overdo their academic research. I bought a book on Kruschev several years ago expecting it to be a life and times book. Instead it was all bio: 800 pages not including the notes. I made it a project to read it--every word--and about all I remember is he was short. Too many...

I noticed a new Alison, age 16, recently joined. In my day "Allison" (the preferred spelling) (by me) was a rarity. I knew my status as a rarity was over while reading a mystery. My first dead Allison was a shock. Allison was originally a masculine name. (I'm trying to recall/answer the su...