Finished reading Hackenfeller’s Ape by Brigid Brophy over the weekend. This is an intriguing story of a scientist, Professor Darrelhyde, who befriends an ape, Percy, in the London Zoo. Darrelhyde discovers Percy is to be shot into space. The yarn … Continue reading
Just finished reading Maurice by E. M. Forster. Originally written during 1913 and 1914, this inspiring and courageous novel was not published until 1971 after Forster’s death. Why? Maurice was gay. As was Forster. Britain did not decriminalize homosexual sex … Continue reading
To say that the Grumpy Vegan is a fan of author and New York Times columnist Frank Rich is to understate it. His Sunday column was a must-read — indeed, the only reason to buy the paper — until, well, … Continue reading
The Grumpy Vegan just finished Julia Briggs’ Virginia Woolf–An inner life. This is a stupendous book. Part biography and part literary criticism, each chapter focuses on one or more of Virginia’s fiction and nonfiction. It’s a brilliant insight into Virginia’s … Continue reading
Human-Animal Studies is the emerging academic field of study on how animals figure in our lives and we in theirs. My Animals and Society Institute colleague, Ken Shapiro, is, the Grumpy Vegan is proud to say, a leading HAS proponent. … Continue reading
Michael Greger’s Bird Flu is published and the companion Web site is launched. The Grumpy Vegan welcomes this development. A graduate of the Cornell University School of Agriculture and the Tufts University of Medicine, Dr. Greger writes with authority but … Continue reading
