… By Valentine Thomson. Garden City: Double-day, Doran and Company. $3.00. Berlin. By Joseph Hergesheimer. New York: … yet the incompetence of the Social Democrats at various points is not glossed over in his review. Occasionally his … the historical places mentioned by his publisher; he also would have “nothing political or economic. I had …
… strength and resolution.” Wallace Stevens in 1906 was also struggling to live and to write, but one would not … creative authority. When we read his appreciative 1940 commentary on Willa Cather, it helps to put them on a more … The Early Years, 1879—1923 by Joan Richardson, offer points of confluence. They were contemporary Americans, …
Fiction
… something Carly has taught me. She has long advocated the combination of being vague and authoritative. I wait for a … and Alex lean together on the bookcase, their long, bony bodies side by side. Alex gives my sister’s waist a squeeze, … this year. He shows us a million uninteresting things. He points out a wooden beam in the ceiling that’s from an …
Essays
… sophistication of the national palate, the flood of soldiers returning home after the end of World War II had a … reflected in an interview for the NEA’s Operation Homecoming documentary: “If you’re a soldier existing under … Metal Jacket,” and “Apocalypse Now”—the end of the war also saw an outpouring of important work by veteran writers, …
… Coolidge. By Claude M. Feuss. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. $4.75. Journal as Ambassador to Great Britain. By … Dewey may well become a significant personality in the annals of the party. Certainly the careers and views of these … illustration of the traditional “Coolidge luck.” Harding died in California on August 2, 1923. In surroundings …
Essays
… Hoogte) Morning sickness served as my constant companion during the fall and winter I lived in Amsterdam. … work on plantations in the Americas for free. Many of them died of disease in the castle before boarding the ships. I’d … best tradition disappear,” the page begged. On October 26, 2013, several hundred people demonstrated at the …