Washington Post Book World Senior Editor Michael Dirda takes your questions and comments concerning literature, books and the joys of reading on Dirda on Books on Thursdays at 2 p.m. ET.

Dirda's name appears weekly in The Post's Book World section. If he's not reviewing a fat literary biography or an ambitious new novel, he's likely to be writing a lighthearted essay about the joys and burdens of living in a house filled with way too many books. Although he holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Cornell, Dirda is still smart enough to be an unabashed fan of "The Simpsons," noting that "the show's genius derives from its details." He also loves P.G. Wodehouse, intellectual history, children's books and locked-room mysteries -- just the sort of range you'd expect from a Pulitzer Prize winner for distinguished criticism.