A few stanzas from the end of Chaucer’s long poem “Troilus and Criseyde,” the author interrupts his story to indulge in a bit of reception anxiety. “Go, litel book,” he bids the manuscript that’s soon ...

Clair McFarland writes: "Welcome to my book review, which I’m writing because my four sons (now teen- and pre-teen-aged) are getting squishy about having their adventures published. In December I read ...