Mirror Gazing Russian Literature without ever becoming sentimental or

without ever becoming sentimental or clichéd

March Hares collects thirty years of Aidan Higgins’s essays

and no such protocol exists for J

might they not welcome the chance to see their remaining child live forever

Mirror Gazing Russian Literature without ever becoming sentimental orMirror Gazing is a book about reading and looking, about what people seek when they read, and about what stares back at them from the printed page. It is an archival project, based on a wealth of material collected daily by celebrated critic Warren F. Motte over thirty five years and squirreled away for some eventual winter. It is also a love letter, a confession, a tale of deep obsession, and a cry for help addressed to anyone who takes literature