Fiction
… from childhood with the knowledge that they were meant to die violently, at the cusp of manhood, before ever having … a man with an infamously puny heart, so puny, especially compared to the massive width of his chest, that many … when white men would fight on the earth like mere mortals—not as they did now, from thousands of miles above, from …
Criticism
… like you to know that he’s got a collection of stories coming out . It includes the story that we published. 4. In … probably a good thing. 5. “Local Newspaper Doesn’t Have a Website” sounds like a 1999 Onion headline, but David Carr … that makes a pretty good argument for having a bare-bones website. Says the publisher, “I don’t understand how putting …
… Family. By James Truslow Adams. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. $4.00. Letters of Henry Adams. Edited by W. C. … to narrower roles as time went on. Again and again he points out that democracy, and moral and intellectual … days of our government bear ample witness. It seems true, also, that more of the fault than the author of “The Adams …
Notes to Self
… Notes to Self Sea Change The coast near Sea Ranch, a community in Sonoma County, California, has a kind of … fastidiously documenting this place, revisiting different points along a ten-mile path and capturing its topographical … over time. Mansfield’s background includes formal studies in drawing and architecture; in a way, she says, …
… poet is the one who is reborn as “an idea,” perfected, become complete. He does so by facing and responding to the … of his vision that the heightening of his rhetoric embodies: “The heroes of Shakespeare convey to us through their … referring to such late masterful lyrics as “The Circus Anaimals’ Desertion” and “Man and the Echo,” rightly terms “the …
… The Chicken Curry, very easy to prepare when all the ingredients are at hand, is absolutely outstanding, and the … meat. It is a treasure. M. F. K. Fisher, who does not pay compliments to the unworthy, has written the introduction to … are full of good sense and good advice. One of the few points on which we disagree with the author is his cooking …