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Happy Birthday, Hemingway!
Jul 19, 2013 Sunday would be Ernest Hemingway's 114th birthday. More than anyone, he cleaned out the stuffy British conventions that clogged American writing in the 1920s and allowed the next generation to find their own voices.More than anyone, Ernest Hemingway cleaned out the stuffy British conventions that clogged American writing in the 1920s and allowed the next generation to find their own voices.
Better Off Without ’Em
Jul 3, 2013 "It’s too bad that we just didn’t let the South secede when we had the chance," Chuck Thompson writes."It’s too bad that we just didn’t let the South secede when we had the chance," author Chuck Thompson writes.
The Divine Comedy
Apr 26, 2013 We talk with Clive James, translator and cultural critic, about tackling Dante's masterpiece. "Dante," writes James, "was the first to put the scientific attitude into art."
Waiting for ’42’
Apr 12, 2013 Jackie Robinson’s story has been oddly neglected by Hollywood -- until now.Jackie Robinson’s story has been oddly neglected by Hollywood—until now.
David Foster Wallace: A Life
Feb 13, 2013 A new biography, "Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story," has collected fascinating details of David Foster Wallace's life, but fails to examine his development as a writer.
A Writer for All Time
Sep 30, 2011 Two new volumes -- a biography and an anthology -- shine light on G.K. Chesterton, an inhabitant of the twilight realm of the praised but unread.
Words From the Right: On Buckley and From Paul and Breitbart
May 27, 2011 As Campaign 2012 looms large, it's not exactly clear who or what will define the moment for conservatives -- has the Tea Party Express run out of steam? Who will emerge as their rightful leader? These three reads give us some idea of where they've been and where they might be headed.As Campaign 2012 looms large, it's not exactly clear who or what will define the moment for conservatives -- has the Tea Party Express run out of steam?
Memoirs of an Odd One In
Dec 3, 2010 Garry Wills, the greatest political commentator of our time, belongs to no trendy circles unless the circle could extend backward in time to one of his most profound influences, G.K. Chesterton.Garry Wills might be called a passionate dispassionate observer.
The Dylan in All of Us
Sep 10, 2010 You have every right to pick up “Bob Dylan in America” with skepticism -- or at least you would if you didn’t know how deep Sean Wilentz’s background in traditional American music goes.Sean Wilentz on Bob Dylan? What’s next -- Doris Kearns Goodwin on the Rolling Stones?
Allen Barra on the Curious Case of Thomas Sowell
Mar 26, 2010 Is the noted scholar in residence at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution truly America’s “most original and interesting philosopher,” as Paul Johnson insists?