Chekhov's Mistress
I’m Spending a Lot of Time with Chekhov’s Mistress
I have renamed this blog to Chekhov’s Mistress to signify its dedication to literature. That’s a tall order. I started this site (at a different address) a year ago, mostly writing about politics. That was rewarding in a way, but now talking politics is like being “in” on the stock market of the ’90s. Writing about books presents unique challenges: Literature by its nature is serious and intense and demands attention; it is a topic of less broad interest than, say politics, but those that are interested know what they are talking about (which can’t be said about politics), and there is little room for winging it. I hope that by focusing my efforts on one topic area (with some personal dispersions, which I will chalk up to fiction writing), I will create a readable and worthwhile stop on the blog trail.
The name Chekhov’s Mistress comes from a famous quote that he made in a letter: “I look upon medicine as my lawful wife and literature as my mistress.” Therefore, this site is dedicated to those that eat their daily bread from a job and feed themselves from the art of the word on the page.
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