Criticism
… Illusion . Why did a male perspective seem to be of great comfort to me, they ask. Comfort. This astounded me. Were … is a bard of negative spaces as he plays with reversals, contradictions, and juxtapositions—“Alone Together” is … his work as editor and publisher of Writ Large Press (“an indie press that uses literary arts and events to resist, …
… as though we genuinely are not quite sure what it is, more commonly as though we don’t wish to speak openly about … recognition. Milton asserted he sought only a “fit audience,” however few. Dryden told us he finally had his … Tzara’s Dadaists cutting up, say, Emily Dickinson’s originals and pasting the pieces together; or the paper currency …
… Autumn 1980 Everyone who wishes to cook must have at hand a comprehensive French cookbook. The best available for this … for this much abused dish that we have seen in years. It is also one of the simplest. The Veal Piccata in its very light … is more important, they do not require extravagant ingredients. No recipes for pheasant, squab, or pike quenelles …
… had been a widow for some years, her husband, Paul, having died suddenly of a heart attack while he was extracting a … a shy, lovely bride. Over the years, however, she had become increasingly withdrawn, to the point where Paul, who … cookout, or the yearly Walk for a Cure with all the other ladies of the hill. People came to understand that Doris would …
… once only a priestess and of Bloomsbury alone, has now become the reigning goddess of contemporary English letters. … is common to all people. Mr. Bennett and Mr. Wells and Mr. Galsworthy have created persons a plenty and in doing so … are unimportant. Who is Septimus Warren Smith? An ex-soldier suffering from shell shock? Yes. But he is also …
Criticism
… Carolina, June 2009. $35 Sutherland’s synthesis of local studies investigating the roots and effects of guerilla warfare … reexamine American history since that event. They focus on “points in time and imagination where something changed: when … Matters, by Paul Goldberger. Yale, November 2009. $26 A building provides shelter, of course, but for …