Talisman
… shells for her family and friends. That, I admire. I also admire Jean-Paul Sartre’s work, but I am, again, not so … 3 p.m., when you think that you’re about to fall into a coma. She also sneaked in one cup of strong but milky tea in … the popcorn has is offset by the unpronounceable ingredients of a topping that bills itself as “all natural.” …
… fashionable dress is both microcosm and macrocosm; it appeals because of the way we see ourselves and it incorporates … “old clothes”— clothes divested of the glamour of fashion—become artifacts, the study of which reveals the … of society? The serious student of clothes and the compiler of fashion plates for the coffee-table book alike …
… life, and death. It does not threaten his business nor his comforts nor his measure of social esteem. On the other … her you must be faithful. The Fundamentalist in every age points out how reason perpetually discovers its own errors. … of immeasurably greater significance than could be embodied in one science or one scientist. Those who attend the …
… a low hum vibrating in the back of his head. Sometimes he also saw her in the faces of people around him who had known … Deep sleep was the only place where he found some peace and comfort. Whenever Jon thought of traveling, he considered a … altered dosage and new drugs were administered. When she died, he was forced to remember those words vividly. “You …
Fiction
… to express a new swagger of opposition and suspicion. A compact male figure entered the room. It was Dr. … Everett groaned. Don’t you people think we have hospitals in Virginia? The city was hot. Last week Ivy had hauled … returned trailing a gurney. A hefty orderly wore a hoodie and yellow aviator glasses. Ivy read the label on the …
… Thought. By Bernard Smith. New York: Har-court, Brace and Company. $3.00. Shakespeare. By Mark Van Doren. New York: … we never see him except when he is playing a part, to an audience or for his own benefit. Perhaps the very essence of … for all the subtle overtones that Mr. Van Doren reveals in him—or perhaps creates for him. Cleanth Brooks is in …