Tolkien’s Watercolors
Those in need of J. R. R. Tolkien–inspired imagery have a wealth of options at their fingertips. There are Tove Jansson’s illustrations for the Swedish translation of The Hobbit, adorably round, perfectly storybook, and vaguely
An Eye In The Throat
My father answers the phone. He is twenty-three years old, and, as everyone does in the nineties, he picks up the receiver without knowing who is calling. People call all day long, and my parents pick up and say, “Hello?” and then people say, “It’s C