Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast

It's that time of year, my dears, where I'm about to head off to foreign parts for what's known in various circles as "vac... more

I know; this is two posts in a row that make direct mention of ladies' underthings. I have three very good reasons for th... more

Looking at the Bloomsday readings I've done to date, it's evident that my written prefaces have become some absurd equival... more

A disclaimer for you on this happy June that will become self-evident soon enough: I love this story. I could read it a t... more

A few days ago, I took a little trip to Toronto, where the jazz singers scat to sheet music, where wine is poured long bef... more

Last week's New Yorker magazine included a series of letters written by Saul Bellow to other writers. I've often thought ... more

I've been wanting to read James Hanley to you for a couple of months now, ever since he was reintroduced to me a few month... more

I read recently about toxic bread in a sleepy French village, about mass hallucinations and the newly revealed hypothesis ... more

I have a good excuse to spare you my blathery scrawl about the show-stopping beauty in this story -- the hot cats at Elect... more

Sometimes I think you haven't lived until you've been given the shoulder by a drunken horse in a bar. Other times I think... more