The characters in question are Twyla and Roberta, two poor girls, eight years old and wards of the state, who spend four months together in St. Bonaventure shelter. The very first thing we learn about ...

It’s a term I invented, while watching the late, great Toni Morrison masterfully take down her critics: “The Morrisonian Moment.” My favorite of these instances took place during a 1998 interview with ...

“In the Margins,” by Elena Ferrante (Europa Editions) Subtitled “On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing,” this very small book — just around 100 pages, with uncrowded type — contains four delightful ...