Fiction
… She perched not at the center of any web, not like some common garden spider, but awaited me amongst the logs of … spider is not gold at all but brown, but have those individuals ever seen one? They are common but not commonly … and in fact I have failed on this front. My women have all died out from under me, uncontrollably. I am in some …
… mingling resonances lost in one rich sound that the artist, coming fresh upon the word, no more dare use it without … the mountain spew of the Celtic world, hoary from being bandied from tongue to tongue in synagogue and temple, … The penman might be forgiven for thinking his materials too rich to hold. And as if they were not thus rich …
Criticism
… American neutrality, the Monroe Doctrine may thus become an instrument of American involvement in war. John … nation after the war. Without Canada, Mr. MacCormac points out, it would be impossible for Britain to combat … more than 600,000; the Ukrainian minority ranks next with 260,000. Mr. Kirkconnell has performed an immense labor: his …
… Best 200 Words I Read All Week. From fact to fiction, from comedic to tragic, we hope you find as much to admire in … for him with the Machine as a whole. Persecution — that also was present. It did not break out, for reasons that … face for different reasons, but drinking had made all our bodies vulnerable. We weren’t there to assume or insist on …
… career as diplomat, policy-maker, and historian. In 1926 he joined the Foreign Service and was assigned to various … for flattery. These motivations enter at a thousand points into the final product of any political effort.” In … in making Machiavellian determinations about expediency. Walsh warned that such an ethic was appropriate for …
… today that even Beethoven did not meet with immediate comprehension. A modern reader may well be shocked by this … however, is more acute today for composers, critics, and audiences alike. We are living through the transition not just … of sound. “The world of words has shrunk,” George Steiner points out in Language and Silence . There are ever-larger …