The Book of PiStephanie Krause and Robert ChristieBéatrice Coron(Image from New York Times) Yesterday, we looked at Holbrook Jackson's reference to St. John the Divine eating an edible if indigestible book of divine prophecies, but the poor saint was...

Apocalypse of St. JohnOrthodox Icon (16th century)Note Angel Offering Book(Image from Wikipedia) Speaking of men becoming books, I ought to also note that Holbrook Jackson speaks similarly of books becoming men . . . through being ingested, but the...

The Book(Image from Alfons Schweiggert) At breakfast the other day, my erudite wife -- who happens also to be my only wife -- mentioned having read of a book by the German writer Alfons Schweiggert, titled Das Buch, in which a man literally (or...

Madame Tutli-Putli(Image from Wikipedia) I believe that the year was 1984 when I took my only truly long train ride, boarding first in the Bay Area and going northeast to Chicago through the mid-December cold, then turning south and traveling to Texas...

The Dance of Death (1493)Michael Wolgemut(Image from Wikipedia) I awoke the night before last at two in the morning to find my dear wife embracing me, and I vaguely wondered if I had been calling out in my dream . . . except that I hadn't been...