Every writer hopes his or her book will be its own thing.

Natalie Bakopoulos has that rare gift, the ability to imagine a traumatic historical event in the form of individual lives and ordinary details. The Green Shore is compelling, personal, and full of quietly real moments.

I wondered why she craved this knowledge and found myself remembering that she was, after all, an anthropologist.

For me, Dracula has always been associated with travel and beautiful historical places.

The heart does not go backward. Only the mind.

These atheist cultures were certainly diligent in preserving the relics of their saints.

Recently abandoned women can be complicated.