The impression I felt upon seeing the cover was one of warm whimsy. It almost looks like a witch's broomstick, until you look closer and see the hook and realize it's the titular "fly" of William Walsh's Fly Fishing in Times Square. I loved everything...

Lakewood by William Walsh brings us the journal of 18-year-old Robert English during his 1973 summer vacation. He is housesitting for his history professor who lives in Lakewood, Chautauqua County, New York. The house is the same house he lived in as a child and...