We’re away until January 4, but we’re re-posting some of our favorite pieces from 2015. Please enjoy, and have a happy New Year!Who is Nancy Drew, really? The instability of the girl detective.The writer Bobbie Ann Mason once described the Nancy Drew…

Who is Nancy Drew, really? The instability of the girl detective.The writer Bobbie Ann Mason once described the Nancy Drew novels as sonnets, or “endless variations on an inflexible form.” The same could be said of Nancy herself: though outfitted…