Status Updates From The Kreutzer Sonata and Oth...

It has taken almost a year for me to revisit this collection of stories; more so, The Kreutzer Sonata and Family Happiness wounded me beyond repair. I am ready for the salt again. The wounds always seem to reopen as winter approaches.

Also, a month after reading the Kreutzer Sonata, I had the privilege of experiencing the piece live, accompanied by Rita Dove reading her Sonata Mulattica. :,)

Just finished The Devil and I couldn’t help but wonder — is this the perfect example of the Taxicab Theory gone wrong?

The Kreutzer Sonata feels like incel propaganda: the protagonist blames women for men’s lust, compares them to animals, and buries any moral point Tolstoy might have been trying to make.

Family Happiness may be the perfect example of why age gap relationships can be problematic. Girl just needed a dad, but got a daddy instead. How do you think that’s gonna turn out?