“William Stoner and the Battle for the Inner Life” By Steve Almond. Ig Publishing, 2019, New York. 171 pages. $14.95.Boston-based author Steve Almond does an elegant job packing as much as he does into his 171-page book about, among other things, John Williams’ 1965 novel, “Stoner.”It’s not just the economy of words in what he calls his “peculiar pint-sized ode” that’s elegant. Almond delivers a thoughtful and lively [...]
↧