Somerset Maugham
When I Was an Adult I Read Books, to Remain a Child
The following piece was recently shared with Mockingbird. The “librarian,” whose name is not Paul […]
PZ’s Desert Island Discs (But This Time It’s Books!)
I’m just now beginning to emerge from two years of living in the desert, the […]
PZ’s Podcast: The Razor’s Edge
EPISODE 44 It’s many people’s favorite book. Bill Murray likes it so much he produced […]
A Note from Somerset Maugham on Preaching
Somerset Maugham wrote a comment in 1948 concerning Emily Bronte’s ‘persona’ as the author of […]
From W. Somerset Maugham’s "The Happy Man"
The opening lines of the great author’s (very) short story: “It is a dangerous thing […]
PZ’s Podcast: Conventional Thinking, and Unconventional (Ala …
EPISODES 35&36 Just because Alan Watts said it, doesn’t make it wrong. Or, putting it […]
Somerset Maugham on Love, Duty and Free Will
Two inspired passages from W. Somerset Maugham. The first comes from chapter 68 of his […]