Eric Lanke

Here’s an anecdote from the difficult times shortly after the attacks of September 11, 2001, with the moral of the tale right up front. The ...

This post was originally published on a now-retired blog that I maintained from roughly 2005 to 2013. As a result, there may be some referen...

This is a really challenging novel. For days the ruins smoldered, a thin stench of incineration hanging on the air, a sour smell, as if it w...

This post was originally published on a now-retired blog that I maintained from roughly 2005 to 2013. As a result, there may be some referen...

In my Googling, I stumbled across The Willa Cather Archive. The Willa Cather Archive is an ambitious endeavor to create a rich, useful, and ...

Books are always the best holiday gift for me. The only thing I like better than the anticipation of reading a long sought after title is th...

This may be one of the few books I stole. I remember I was staying in a hotel, had been upgraded to a one-bedroom suite, and several books w...