“…the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time.”—William Faulkner This past weekend in NYC was the premiere of James Franco’s As I Lay Dying: his second novel adaptation released this year, shortly after Child of God that first played at…

“Old woods and deep. At one time in the world there were woods that no one owned and these were like them.” –Cormac McCarthy When reading a Cormac McCarthy novel one is entered into a harsh world where there is not only dark, but a…