… passed into history and took the empire with him. Czarism died of the war disease, and its democratic successor, the … which will be bloodier and costlier. Apparently, then, compelling irresistible forces drive nations and governments … land,” the Duce averred during his North African visit in 1926, “because we are prolific and intend to remain so.” The …
Amateur Hour
… Towne, thirty, is an expert lockpicker. Since 2006, he has competed in several locksport competitions, including the … combinations to try, one of which will work. There are also extensive codebooks. I have a ton of books just laying … Yeah, like four generations of people. People lived and died genuinely believing that the security arms race was …
Interviews
… and longing in cowboy country. Shipstead, whose work can also be found in the Mississippi Review, the Missouri … and went to major schools (Harvard and Iowa). How did it come to be that you’ve written about rural, isolated ranch … away from him knowing full well that he was about the die was a very painful experience, especially since I’ve …
… am the Scot I write about, but my title is second-hand and comes from the poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. Living much … Western world, and having bested Dingwall in the soccer finals at Inverness, are going back to the Hebrides and home. … his house, near the close where R.L.S. discovered Deacon Brodie, the original of his Jekyll and Hyde. For a week in late …
… For tea today they had some of the grandson’s cookies and also croissants Esther had made. It seemed a marvel to …
… within 15 minutes of her arrival in Hay-on-Wye, she knew coming to the writers’ festival had been a mistake. Almost … say something like, “I’m having lunch with a tribe of cannibals. All is well.” Meg’s heart pounded against her bruised … in the morning. Then again, it was July. Did people die of hypothermia in July? As Meg stumbled in the dark, she …