Dexter‘s Final Season, Episode Three: Finally, A Real Kill

Darkness. That’s all we see as episode three, “What’s Eating Dexter Morgan,” starts up — darkness, and baby Harrison calling out “daddy, daddy.” Dexter gets worried as he follows what looks like a blood trail to the bathroom, only to find Harrison has eaten an entire box of cherry popsicles…

The Master, North Korea, and a Pulitzer

Part of being an author is being able to transport readers to distant, fantastical lands even if, sometimes, those lands aren’t all that distant or fantastical. With his third novel, The Orphan Master’s Son, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Adam Johnson chose North Korea as the backdrop for his tale of love…